Neglect:
Mandated reporters should release the child abuse report to school police and security. -
ANSFALSE
The mandated reporter should provide the report only to law enforcement, not school police,
and Child Protective Services. School staff members who make a child abuse report may
lose their immunity from legal liability if they share the report with unauthorized persons.
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In addition to possible fines and imprisonment, other possible consequences for mandatory
reporters who fail to report include losing their license, or credentials, or their job. -
ANSTRUE
Fines, imprisonment, loss of licence or credentials, loss of job, and civil liability are just a few
of the possible consequences for mandatory reporters who fail to report.
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Under California law, child abuse can include physical abuse, sexual abuse, willful cruelty or
unjustified punishment, unlawful corporal punishment or injury, and neglect. - ANSTRUE
In California, the definition of child abuse includes much more than just physical abuse.
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Mandated reporters need only reasonably suspect abuse to trigger the duty to report. -
ANSTRUE
A mandated reporter does not have to witness the abuse as it is taking place. They only
need to have a reasonable suspicion.
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