214 R.I. Code R. 214-RICR-20-00-1.1
These regulations contain the requirements for reporting child abuse and neglect to the Department of Children, Youth and Families, and the Department's criteria to screen in or screen out all reports and assign for investigation, if the report meets the conditions of child abuse and/or neglect. Reports may involve families new to the Department, families actively being serviced by the Department, families previously active with the Department and incidents of institutional abuse and/or neglect. Reports must involve a child under eighteen (18) years of age or under twenty-one (21) years of age if the youth is residing in foster or institutional care or if the youth is in Department custody, regardless of placement.
214 R.I. Code R. 214-RICR-20-00-1.1