WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 635

(II) NEGLECT, SHALL 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, IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY AND GIVE ALL
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION TO THE HEAD OF THE
INSTITUTION OR THE DESIGNEE OF THE HEAD.

(B) A HEALTH PRACTITIONER WHO SPECIALIZES IN THE
PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT OF PEDOPHILIA IS NOT REQUIRED TO REPORT
SEXUAL ABUSE UNDER SUBSECTION (A)(1)(I) OF THIS SECTION IF:

(1)  THE HEALTH PRACTITIONER'S REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
A CHILD HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO SEXUAL ABUSE IS BASED EXCLUSIVELY
ON A REPORT MADE TO THE HEALTH PRACTITIONER BY AN INDIVIDUAL
STATING THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SEXUALLY ABUSED THE CHILD;

(2)  THE HEALTH PRACTITIONER IS PROVIDING PSYCHIATRIC
TREATMENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURING THE
INDIVIDUAL'S PEDOPHILIA; AND

(3)  THE SEXUAL ABUSE OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL BEGAN THE PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT WITH THE HEALTH
PRACTITIONER.

(B) (C) (1) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO NOTIFIES THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE:

(I)  AN ORAL REPORT, BY TELEPHONE OR DIRECT
COMMUNICATION, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:

1.  TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OR APPROPRIATE
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IF THE PERSON HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
THE CHILD HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE; OR

2.  TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT IF THE PERSON
HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHILD HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO
NEGLECT; AND

(II)  A WRITTEN REPORT:

1.  TO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT NOT LATER THAN
48 HOURS AFTER THE CONTACT, EXAMINATION, ATTENTION, OR TREATMENT
THAT CAUSED THE INDIVIDUAL TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHILD HAD BEEN
SUBJECTED TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT; AND

2.  WITH A COPY TO THE LOCAL STATE'S
ATTORNEY IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHILD
HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE.

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