(a) The Department field office staff shall enter every report/complaint of suspected maltreatment of a child or vulnerable adult into the computer system.
(b) When law enforcement conducts an investigation of maltreatment of a child or vulnerable adult, independently from the Department, and provides a report of the investigation to the Department, a social worker with the local Department field office shall review the investigation record. After reviewing the record, and consulting with the investigator when necessary, the social worker shall enter complaint information and an appropriate finding into the computer system. Then, the social worker will provide the required notice to the perpetrator, per W.S. § 14-3-213(f) and W.S. § 35-20-115(d).
(c) When the Department assists law enforcement in third party criminal complaints (e.g. noncustodial and sexual assaults), the complaint information and appropriate findings may be entered into the computer if all required notices are provided to the subject of the investigation, per Department rules.
(d) When federal agencies conduct maltreatment investigations of a child or vulnerable adult in federal parks or on military bases, the cases may be entered into the computer system when sanctioned by an existing agreement or contract signed by the Department, the Attorney General and the federal agency.
(e) When investigations are completed by the Wind River Reservation under the Intergovernmental Tribal-State Contract for the Provision of Social Services, Tribal Social Services is responsible for entry of cases into the computer system if all required notices are provided to the subject of the investigation, per Department rules.
049-2 Wyo. Code R. § 2-1