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(a) The State Central Registry representative shall deem a call to be a report if he or she determines that a call contains at least one allegation which, if true, would constitute abuse or neglect, as defined inN.J.A.C. 10:129-1.3. The child protective investigator shall investigate each new report, regardless of whether the alleged child victim and his or her family is known or not known to the Department.
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(b) A child protective investigator shall conduct a child protection investigation in response to each report alleging abuse or neglect on a military installation, to the extent permitted by the base commander, in accordance with U.S. Department of Defense Directive 6400.1, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented, and this chapter.
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1. U.S. Department of Defense Directive 6400.1 is available for download from the Department of Defense‘s website,http://west.dtic.mil/whs/directives/.
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(c) A child protective investigator shall handle each report in which the harm alleged to a child is the result of treatment in good faith for a medical condition by spiritual means alone through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by duly accredited practitioner thereof in accordance with this chapter, except for N.J.A.C. 10:129-5.3(a)1
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