1. (a) The department shall provide written notice to any individual that it determines to be responsible for an incident of abuse or neglect under RSA 169-C prior to the individual’s name being entered on the central registry.

2. (b) The notice shall set forth:

   1. (1) The nature of the report, which identifies the type of abuse or neglect;
   2. (2) The date of the court finding, if applicable;
   3. (3) The reasons underlying the founded determination;
   4. (4) The name of the person responsible for the child abuse or neglect;
   5. (5) The right of the person responsible for the child abuse or neglect to access the department’s case records pursuant to RSA 170-G:8-a;

   6. (6) Any right to challenge the founded determination, as follows:

      1. a. Submission of an administrative appeal request to challenge the department’s founded determination within 30 days of the receipt of the notice, if the founded determination was not made by a court of jurisdiction;
      2. b. Submission of an appeal to supreme court within 30 days of a final dispositional order made by a court of jurisdiction in compliance with RSA 169-C:28; or
      3. c. Persons responsible for child abuse or neglect who have consented in court or signed a non-court agreement waiving any right to challenge the founded determination; and
   7. (7) The right to petition to have the name of the person responsible for the child abuse or neglect expunged from the central registry pursuant to RSA 169-C:35, V.

3. (c) The notice shall be provided to the person responsible for the child abuse or neglect by:

   1. (1) Certified mail return receipt requested at the person’s last known address on file with the department; or
   2. (2) By serving the person in hand and having the person sign a receipt of service.
4. (d) If the person responsible for the child abuse or neglect is a juvenile, or is an adult with a legal guardian, the notice shall be sent to the responsible person’s parent or guardian.
5. (e) The failure to request an administrative hearing within 30 days of receipt of the notice shall constitute a waiver of the right to an administrative appeal of the department’s founded determination.

Source. #8594, eff 3-28-06; ss by #10692, eff 10-14-14; ss by #14249, eff 5-20-25, EXPIRES: 5-20-35