D.J. v. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services

RYDER, Judge.

D.J. seeks review of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services’ final order denying her request to have her name expunged from the child abuse registry. We reverse.

On September 22, 1989, HRS investigated a report of child abuse involving appellant’s four-year-old son. The HRS investigator observed a scratch on the child’s face and a scratch on his neck. The investigator also observed a bruise on the child’s neck. D.J. told the investigator that she had slapped the child on the face for throwing objects at her and not minding her two days prior to the investigation.…