The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
002
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REPORTING ABUSE OF CHILDREN
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 4917)
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§ 4917. Multidisciplinary teams; empaneling
(a) The Commissioner or his or her designee may impanel a multidisciplinary team or a
special investigative multitask force team, or both, wherever in the State there may
be a probable case of child abuse or neglect that warrants the coordinated use of
several professional services. These teams shall participate and cooperate with the
local special investigation unit in compliance with 13 V.S.A. § 5415.
(b) The Commissioner or his or her designee, in conjunction with professionals and community
agencies, shall appoint members to the multidisciplinary teams which may include persons
who are trained and engaged in work relating to child abuse or neglect such as medicine,
mental health, social work, nursing, child care, education, law, or law enforcement.
The teams shall include a representative of the Department of Corrections. Additional
persons may be appointed when the services of those persons are appropriate to any
particular case.
(c) The empaneling of a multidisciplinary or special investigative multi-task force team
shall be authorized in writing and shall specifically list the members of the team.
This list may be amended from time to time as needed as determined by the Commissioner
or his or her designee. (Added 1981, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 25, 1982; amended 2007, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2007, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 21; 2007, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2009, No. 1, § 18, eff. March 4, 2009.)