What professionals are considered mandated reporters?
Mandated reporters include but are not limited to:
- Teachers and school personnel.
- Child care providers.
- Medical professionals.
- Mental health professionals and social workers.
- Law enforcement professionals.
- Clergy members.
- Volunteers.
Who qualifies as a mandatory reporter?
New South Wales Who is mandated to report? A person who, in the course of his or her professional work, or other paid employment, delivers health care, welfare, education, children’s services, residential services or law enforcement, wholly or partly, to children.
What are mandated reporters required to report?
Mandatory reporters are required by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect to government authorities.
What are the main responsibilities of a mandatory reporter?
As a mandated reporter, you are legally obliged to:
- make a report to Child Protection if you believe on reasonable grounds that a child is in need of protection from physical injury or sexual abuse.
- make the report as soon as practicable after forming your belief.
How to become a mandated reporter in PA?
Act 31 requires that anyone applying for an initial license or certificate from any of the health-related boards (except the State Board of Veterinary Medicine) or from the State Board of Funeral Directors must complete three hours of approved training on child abuse recognition and reporting as a condition for their licensure.
When do mandated reporters have to report abuse?
Mandated reporters, by law, must report suspected abuse when you have reason to suspect on the basis of medical, professional or other training and experience, that the child has been abused. Am I a mandated reporter if I learn of the abuse from someone other than the child who was allegedly abused? YES.
How does mandated reporting work in PA families Inc?
The law says that mandated reporters must immediately make a report or notify the person in charge. The person in charge or the designee must make a report of suspected child abuse immediately to ChildLine at 1-800-932-0313. How will I know if the report is made by the person in charge or the designee?
Can a mandated reporter be fined in Massachusetts?
In Massachusetts, Mandated Reporters can be fined up to $1,000 for failure to report incidences of suspected abuse and neglect of children, elders, and individuals with disabilities.