Upon receipt of a court order and in the absence of court direction, the scope of the investigation, type of report, format and content for all other family related matters shall be in accordance with local probation policies and procedures. In custody, adoption, visitation, and guardianship investigations, the parties of the investigation are subject to fingerprinting in order for probation to obtain complete access to any criminal history information. Therefore, the scope of these investigations shall include a multi-state criminal history search, and the probation officer shall include any such criminal history information in the report.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 350.11