An oral report must be holidays. Any of the above professionals willfully failing to report physical or sexual abuse or neglect is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subdivision 10 requires the Hennepin County Welfare Department to immediately conduct an assessment and offer protective social services to the minor, preserving family life whenever possible. The purpose of this regulation is to make clear the statutory requirements of school personnel to report suspected child neglect or physical or sexual abuse. Neglect does not include spiritual means or prayer for treatment or care of disease where the person responsible for the child's care in good faith has selected such means for treatment or care of disease, except where the lack of medical care may cause imminent and serious danger to the child's health.
Sexual abuse includes threatened sexual abuse.
The written report shall identify the child, any person believed to be responsible for the abuse or neglect of the child if the person is known, the nature and extent of the abuse or neglect and the name and address of the reporter. No reference to the report should be recorded in the student's permanent record file, including the health record. D. Submission of a good faith report under Minnesota law and this regulation will not adversely affect the reporter's employment, or the child's access to school. E. Any person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false report under the provisions of applicable Minnesota law or this policy shall be liable in a civil suit for any actual damages suffered by the person or persons so reported and for any punitive damages set by the court or jury, and the reckless making of a false report may result in discipline. The court may also award attorney's fees.