Opinion ID: 2092596
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Failure to Report Immediately

Text: [¶ 37] The Board also concluded that Seider twice violated Sections III(E)(8) and III(I)(1) of the AASPB Code. [18] The Board first found that Seider violated these provisions by failing to report to DHS her suspicions of the sexual abuse of the children immediately, as prescribed by 22 M.R.S.A. § 4012. [19] It also found that she violated the provisions by neither having a sufficient knowledge of the reporting requirements, nor of the DHS reporting procedures. Seider does not challenge these findings on appeal. A failure to brief these claims constitutes an abandonment of the appeal on those claims. Kezer v. Mark Stimson Assoc., 1999 ME 184, ¶ 9, 742 A.2d 898, 901 (citing Aseptic Packaging Council v. State, 637 A.2d 457, 462-63 (Me.1994)). The Board's conclusion that she violated sections III(E)(8) and III(I)(1) must, therefore, stand. Id.