MANDATED REPORTERS

MANDATED REPORTING

• Typically, minimum requirements for what must be reported include:
• A description of how the reporter learned of the injuries or neglect and of any actions taken to assist
• Information on previous injuries, assaults, neglect or financial abuses (if known)
• The date, time, nature, and extent of the abuse or neglect (if known)
• The date of the report,The perpetrator's name, address, and relationship to the (possible) victim (if known) The reporter's name, agency, position, address, telephone number, and signature

IN MOST CASES MANDATED REPORTERS LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING INDICATIONS OF ABUSE:

• Typically, mandatory reporting applies to people who have reason to suspect the abuse or neglect of a child, but it can also apply to people who suspect abuse or neglect of a dependent adult or the elderly or all person of society.
• Abuse occurs where a victim has suffered physical injury inflicted other than by accidental means, has injuries, or is in a condition resulting from mistreatment, such as malnutrition, sexual molestation or exploitation, deprivation of necessities, emotional abuse or cruelty. Neglect may include abandonment, denial of proper care and attention physically, emotionally, or morally, or living under conditions, circumstances or associations injurious to well-being.