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Records required to be kept and record retention (DORA) SW must retain record for 7 years from the date of termination. I Record information on record name, phi, referral reason, mandatory disclosure statement. (5) Dates of service including, but not limited to the date of each contact with client, the date on which services began, and the date of last contact with client; (6) Types of service; (7) Fees; (8) Any release of information; (9) The records must be prepared in a manner that allows any subsequent provider to reasonably conclude what occurred; (10) Name of any test administered, each date on which the test was administered, and the name(s) of the person(s) administering the testInformation on each referral made to and each consultation with another social worker or other health care provider. This information shall include the date of the referral or consultation, the name of the person to whom the client was referred, the name of the person with whom consultation was sought, the outcome (if known) of the referral, and the outcome (if known) of the consultation;(12) A final closing statement Record storage and transfer Need clients consent to transfer and storage must be confidentail and secure Disposition of records disability, illness, death, sale or transfer of practice, termination of practice Destroying records Only after 7 years, all identifying information Record Keeping in an agency A social worker need not create and maintain separate client records if the social worker practices in an agency or institutional setting and the social worker: (1) Sees the client in the usual course of that practice; (2) Keeps client records as required by the agency or institution; and (3) The agency or institution maintains client records. Reporting child abuse reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving suchinformation report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the county department, the local law enforcement agency, or through the child abuse reporting hotline system as set forth in section Exceptions to reporting abuse Learn of the suspected abuse or neglect until after the alleged victim of the suspected abuse or neglect is eighteen years of age or older; and (II) Have reasonable cause to know or suspect that the perpetrator of the suspected abuse or neglect: (A) Has subjected any other child currently under eighteen years of age to abuse or neglect or to circumstances or conditions that would likely result in abuse or neglect; or (B) Is currently in a position of trust, as defined in section 18-3-401 (3.5), C.R.S., with regard to any child currently under eighteen years of age. Elderly abuse reporting n and after July 1, 2016, a person specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) who observes the mistreatment of an at-risk elder or an at-risk adult with IDD, or who has reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk elder or an at-risk adult with IDD has been mistreated or is at imminent risk of mistreatment, shall report such fact to a law enforcement agency not more than twenty-four hours after making the observation or discovery.Information to know in the report for