HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         2007

The only other changes are in style.
5-704. NOTIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES; MAKING REPORT.

(A)  PERSONS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY AUTHORITIES AND REPORT
SUSPECTED INSTANCES OF NEGLECT.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW ON PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS, EACH
HEALTH PRACTITIONER, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, POLICE OFFICER,
EDUCATOR OR SOCIAL WORKER WHO CONTACTS, EXAMINES, ATTENDS, OR
TREATS A NEGLECTED CHILD, OR WHO HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE
CHILD IS A NEGLECTED CHILD SHALL:

(1)  NOTIFY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT; AND

(2)   IF ACTING AS A STAFF MEMBER OF A HOSPITAL, PUBLIC
HEALTH AGENCY, CHILD CARE INSTITUTION, JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER,
SCHOOL, OR SIMILAR INSTITUTION, NOTIFY IMMEDIATELY THE HEAD OF
THE INSTITUTION OR THE DESIGNEE OF THE HEAD.

(B)  ORAL AND WRITTEN REPORTS.

A PERSON WHO NOTIFIES THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT UNDER SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE:

(1)  AN ORAL OR WRITTEN REPORT TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; AND

(2)  A WRITTEN REPORT TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT NOT
LATER THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THE CONTACT, EXAMINATION, TREATMENT, OR
OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAUSED THE INDIVIDUAL TO BELIEVE THAT.
THE CHILD IS A NEGLECTED CHILD.

(C)  PERSONS WHO MAY FILE REPORTS OF SUSPECTED INSTANCES OF
NEGLECT.

ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A HEALTH PRACTITIONER, LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY, POLICE OFFICER, EDUCATOR OR SOCIAL WORKER WHO HAS A
REASONABLE BELIEF THAT A CHILD IS A NEGLECTED CHILD MAY FILE WITH
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT AN ORAL OR WRITTEN REPORT OF THE SUSPECTED
NEGLECT.

(D)  CONTENTS OF REPORT.

INSOFAR AS IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE, A PERSON WHO MAKES A
REPORT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE IN THE REPORT THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(1)  THE NAME, AGE, AND HOME ADDRESS OR LAST KNOWN
ADDRESS OF THE CHILD;

(2)  THE NAME AND HOME ADDRESS OR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS
OF THE CHILD'S PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR CUSTODIAN PARENT OR OTHER
PERSON WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHILD'S CARE;