NY Soc Serv L § 415 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 6 - Children Title 6 - Child Protective Services 415 - Reporting Procedure.

§  415.  Reporting  procedure.  Reports  of  suspected  child abuse or   maltreatment made pursuant to this title shall be  made  immediately  by   telephone  or  by  telephone facsimile machine on a form supplied by the   commissioner of the office of children and family services. Oral reports   shall be followed by a report in writing within forty-eight hours  after   such  oral  report.  Oral reports shall be made to the statewide central   register of child abuse and maltreatment unless  the  appropriate  local   plan  for  the provision of child protective services provides that oral   reports should be made to the local child protective service.  In  those   localities  in  which oral reports are made initially to the local child   protective service, the child protective service shall immediately  make   an  oral or electronic report to the statewide central register. Written   reports shall be made to the appropriate local child protective  service   except that written reports involving children being cared for in a home   operated or supervised by an authorized agency or the office of children   and  family  services shall be made to the statewide central register of   child abuse and maltreatment which shall transmit  the  reports  to  the   agency  responsible  for  investigating  the  report, in accordance with   section four hundred twenty-four-b of this title. Written reports  shall   be made in a manner prescribed and on forms supplied by the commissioner   of  the  office  of  children  and family services and shall include the   following information: the names and addresses of the child and  his  or   her  parents  or other person responsible for his or her care, if known,   and, as the case may be, the name and address of the  program  in  which   the  child  is receiving care; the child's age, sex and race; the nature   and extent of the child's injuries, abuse or maltreatment, including any   evidence of prior injuries, abuse or maltreatment to the  child  or,  as   the  case may be, his or her siblings; the name of the person or persons   alleged to be responsible for causing the injury, abuse or maltreatment,   if known; family composition,  where  appropriate;  the  source  of  the   report; the person making the report and where he or she can be reached;   the  actions  taken  by  the  reporting  source, including the taking of   photographs and x-rays, removal or keeping of the child or notifying the   medical examiner  or  coroner;  and  any  other  information  which  the   commissioner  of  the  office  of  children  and family services may, by   regulation, require, or the person making the report believes  might  be   helpful,   in   the   furtherance   of   the  purposes  of  this  title.   Notwithstanding the privileges set forth in article  forty-five  of  the   civil  practice  law  and  rules,  and any other provision of law to the   contrary, mandated reporters  who  make  a  report  which  initiates  an   investigation  of  an  allegation  of  child  abuse  or maltreatment are   required to comply with  all  requests  for  records  made  by  a  child   protective  service  relating to such report, including records relating   to diagnosis, prognosis or  treatment,  and  clinical  records,  of  any   patient  or  client  that  are  essential  for  a  full investigation of   allegations of child abuse  or  maltreatment  pursuant  to  this  title;   provided,  however, that disclosure of substance abuse treatment records   shall be made pursuant to the standards and procedures for disclosure of   such records delineated in federal law. Written reports from persons  or   officials  required  by  this  title  to  report  shall be admissible in   evidence in any proceedings relating to child abuse or maltreatment.