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O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 49-5-181 (2019)

Establishment of central registry; function of registry.

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The division shall establish and maintain a central child abuse registry which shall be known as the "Child Protective Services Information System." The child abuse registry shall receive notice regarding substantiated cases occurring on and after July 1, 2016, reported to the division pursuant to Code Section 49-5-182 . The child abuse registry shall be operated in such a manner as to enable abuse investigators to: Immediately identify and locate substantiated cases; and Maintain and produce aggregate statistical data of substantiated cases.

History

(Code 1981, § 49-5-181 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 552, § 11/SB 138; Ga. L. 2016, p. 773, § 8/HB 905.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1998–2020 · leading case: State v. Jackson, 496 S.E.2d 912 (Ga. 1998).
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State v. Jackson, 496 S.E.2d 912 (Ga. 1998). · cites it 4× “OCGA § 49-5-181 requires the Division of Family and Children Services of the Department of Human Resources to establish and maintain a central registry.”
Ga. Dep't of Human Servs. v. Steiner, 815 S.E.2d 883 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “" OCGA § 49-5-181 (b). Both the placement of the Act in the Code and its stated function evidence the statute's civil objectives-to act as a resource for abuse investigators and childcare agencies, not to punish alleged child abusers.”
Georgia Dep't of Human Servs. v. Steiner, 303 Ga. 890 (2018). · cites it 2× “” OCGA § 49-5-181 (b). Both the placement of the Act in the Code and its stated function evidence the statute’s civil objectives—to act as a resource for abuse investigators and childcare agencies, not to punish alleged child abusers.”
Ga. Dep't of Human Servs. v. Addison, 819 S.E.2d 20 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 49-5-181 (a). The Registry "receive[s] notices regarding substantiated [child abuse] cases occurring on and after July 1, 2016," and the goal of the Registry is "to enable abuse investigators to: (1) Immediately identify and locate substantiated cases; and (2)…”
Georgia Dep't of Human Servs. v. Addison, 304 Ga. 425 (2018). · cites it 2× “See OCGA § 49-5-181 (a). The Registry “receive[s] notices regarding substantiated [child abuse] cases occurring on and after July 1, 2016,” and the goal of the Registry is “to enable abuse investigators to: (1) Immediately identify and locate substantiated cases; and (2)…”
Patrick Schuman v. Georgia Dep't of Human Servs., 841 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “Under OCGA § 49-5-181 (a),1 “[t]he division shall establish and maintain a central child abuse registry which .”
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