Virginia's Multidisciplinary Teams

Components may include:

• Missions
   
• Statements of Affliation
   
• Statement of Purpose
   
• Types of Cases Covered
   
• Goals
   
• Procedures:
  • Criteria for law enforcement referral to CPS
  • Criteria for CPS referral to law enforcement
  • Procedures for joint investigations, including timing, prime-decision making authority, and concurrent prosecutions
  • Criteria for child's removal
  • Criteria for arrest of suspects
  • Provisions for joint training
  • Provision for multidisciplinary team consultation
  • Provision for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the protocol and modifying it as needed
     
• Signature/Date of each party to the agreement