Are you a mandated reporter?

The following adults are considered mandated reporters and are required to report suspected child abuse if they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is a victim of child abuse: 

  • A person licensed or certified to practice in any health-related field under the jurisdiction of the Department of State.
  • A medical examiner, coroner, or funeral director.
  • An employee of a health care facility or provider licensed by the Department of Health, who is engaged in the admission, examination, care, or treatment of individuals.
  • A school employee.
  • An employee of a child-care service who has direct contact with children in the course of employment.
  • A clergyman, priest, rabbi, minister, Christian Science practitioner, religious healer or spiritual leader of any regularly established church or other religious organization.
  • An individual paid or unpaid, who, on the basis of the individual's role as an integral part of a regularly scheduled program, activity or service, is a person responsible for the child's welfare or has direct contact with children.
  • An employee of a social services agency who has direct contact with children in the course of employment.
  • A peace officer or law enforcement official.
  • An emergency medical services provider certified by the Department of Health.
  • An employee of a public library who has direct contact with children in the course of employment.
  • An individual supervised or managed by a person listed above, who has direct contact with children in the course of employment.
  • An independent contractor who has direct contact with children.
  • An attorney affiliated with an agency, institution, organization or other entity, including a school or regularly established religious organization that is responsible for the care, supervision, guidance or control of children.
  • A foster parent.
  • An adult family member who is a person responsible for the child's welfare and provides services to a child in a family living home, community home for individuals with an intellectual disability or host home for children which are subject to supervision or licensure by the department under Articles IX and X of the Public Welfare Code.

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1. What is child abuse?
2. Are you a mandated reporter?
3. When must a mandated reporter make a report?
4. Must I report suspected abuse if I learn of the abuse from someone other than the child who was allegedly abused?
5. How does a mandated reporter make a report if they suspect child abuse?
6. Do I need to notify anyone within my institution, school, facility or agency after I make a report?
7. What if a mandated reporter fails to follow the law?
8. Can you report suspected child abuse if you are not a mandated reporter?
9. Am I protected from civil and criminal liability if I make a report of suspected child abuse?
10. If I make a report is my identity protected?
11. How do I know whether I have "reasonable cause to suspect" that a child is a victim of abuse?