Central Registry Listing

(1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 119, § 51F, the Department maintains a Central Registry that contains identifying information on children who were the subject of a report, and their families. The Registry also includes the outcome of any resulting response, including the name of any person found to be responsible for child abuse or neglect and the name of any individual listed in the Registry of Alleged Perpetrators. (a) Whenever the Department finds the allegations in a 51A report to be supported and the person(s) responsible for the abuse or neglect is known, that person is named as the person responsible for the abuse or neglect in the Department's Central Registry. 1. If there is substantial evidence the person(s) named is responsible for the abuse or neglect and the report was referred to the District Attorney as a mandatory referral pursuant to M.G.L. c. 119, § 51B(k) and 110 CMR 4.51, the identified person(s) is also listed on the Registry of Alleged Perpetrators. (b) When the Department find a report to be substantiated concern or unsupported, the Department does not name any person as responsible for the abuse or neglect or as an alleged perpetrator in the Central Registry.