Maine
Mandatory Reporting Law
Regarding Child Abuse and Neglect
Title 22, Chapter 1071, Section 4011-A (as of
12/12/02
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1. Required Reporting to the Department of Human Services. The following adult persons shall immediately report or cause a report to be made to the Maine Department of Human Services when the person knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or is likely to be abused or neglected:
A. When acting in a professional capacity:
(27) A clergy member acquiring the information as a result of clerical professional work except for information received during confidential communications.
B. Any other person who has assumed full, intermittent or occasional responsibility for the care or custody of the child, whether or not the person receives compensation.
Whenever a person is required to report in a capacity as a member of the staff of a medical or public or private institution, agency or facility, that person immediately shall notify either the person in charge of the institution, agency or facility or a designated agent who then shall cause a report to be made. The staff also may make a report directly to the department.
2. Required Report to District Attorney. When, while acting in a professional capacity, any person required to report under this section knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected by a person not responsible for the child, the person immediately shall report or cause a report to be made to the appropriate district attorney's office.
3. Optional Report. Any person may make a report if that person knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been or is likely to be abused or neglected.
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