Illinois Administrative Code › Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES › Part 300 - REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT › Section 300.30 - Reporting Child Abuse or Neglect to the Department

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Reports of suspected child abuse or
			 neglect may be immediately made to the State Central Register via its toll-free
			 number [1-800-25A-BUSE] at any time, day or night, or on any day of the week.
			 Reports may also be made to the nearest Department office. The Department
			 encourages use of the toll-free hotline number.
b) Persons Mandated to Report Child Abuse or
			 Neglect
1) Types of Mandated Reporters
Any of the following individuals who have reasonable cause to
				believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity
				may be abused or neglected shall immediately report or cause a report to be
				made to the Department. These mandated reporters include:
A) physicians, residents, interns and
			 physician assistants;
B)
			 hospitals;
C) hospital
			 administrators and personnel engaged in the examination, care and treatment of
			 persons;
D) surgeons;
E) dentists;
F) dentist hygienists;
G) osteopaths;
H) chiropractors;
I) podiatrists;
J) Christian Science practitioners;
K) coroners;
L) medical examiners;
M) emergency medical technicians;
N) crisis line or hotline
			 personnel;
O) school
			 personnel;
P) educational advocate
			 assigned to a child pursuant to the School Code;
Q) truant officers;
R) social workers;
S) social services administrators;
T) domestic violence program
			 personnel;
U) registered
			 nurses;
V) licensed practical
			 nurses, advanced practice nurses, home health aides;
W) directors or staff assistants of nursery
			 schools or child day care centers;
X) recreational or athletic program or
			 facility personnel;
Y) law
			 enforcement officers;
Z) registered
			 psychologists;
AA) assistants
			 working under the direct supervision of a psychologist or
			 psychiatrist;
BB) field personnel
			 of the Illinois Departments of Healthcare and Family Services, Human Services,
			 Public Health, Corrections, Children and Family Services or Human
			 Rights;
CC) probation
			 officers;
DD) foster parents,
			 homemakers or any other child care worker;
EE) supervisors and administrators of General
			 Assistance under the Illinois Public Aid Code;
FF) substance abuse treatment
			 personnel;
GG) funeral home
			 directors or their employees;
HH)
			 members of the clergy;
II) licensed
			 professional counselors or licensed clinical professional counselors;
JJ) acupuncturists;
KK) animal control officers or Illinois
			 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Health and Welfare field
			 investigators;
LL) members of a
			 school board or the Chicago Board of Education or the governing body of a
			 private school;
MM) medical
			 technicians or certified nursing assistants of any office, clinic or any other
			 physical location that provides abortions, abortion referral or
			 contraceptives;
NN) personnel of
			 institutions of higher education;
OO) early intervention providers as defined
			 in the Early Intervention Services System Act. [325
			 ILCS 5/4 ]