§ 413. Persons and officials required to report cases of suspected\nchild abuse or maltreatment. 1. (a) The following persons and officials\nare required to report or cause a report to be made in accordance with\nthis title when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child\ncoming before them in their professional or official capacity is an\nabused or maltreated child, or when they have reasonable cause to\nsuspect that a child is an abused or maltreated child where the parent,\nguardian, custodian or other person legally responsible for such child\ncomes before them in their professional or official capacity and states\nfrom personal knowledge facts, conditions or circumstances which, if\ncorrect, would render the child an abused or maltreated child: any\nphysician; registered physician assistant; surgeon; medical examiner;\ncoroner; dentist; dental hygienist; osteopath; optometrist;\nchiropractor; podiatrist; resident; intern; athletic trainer;\npsychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical\ntechnician; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed marriage and\nfamily therapist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed\npsychoanalyst; licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior analyst\nassistant; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examination,\ncare or treatment of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school\nofficial, which includes but is not limited to school teacher, school\nguidance counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, school\nnurse, school administrator or other school personnel required to hold a\nteaching or administrative license or certificate; full or part-time\ncompensated school employee required to hold a temporary coaching\nlicense or professional coaching certificate; social services worker;\nemployee of a publicly-funded emergency shelter for families with\nchildren; director of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or\ntraveling summer day camp, as such camps are defined in section thirteen\nhundred ninety-two of the public health law; day care center worker;\nschool-age child care worker; provider of family or group family day\ncare; employee or volunteer in a residential care facility for children\nthat is licensed, certified or operated by the office of children and\nfamily services; or any other child care or foster care worker; mental\nhealth professional; substance abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor;\nall persons credentialed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse\nservices; employees, who are expected to have regular and substantial\ncontact with children, of a health home or health home care management\nagency contracting with a health home as designated by the department of\nhealth and authorized under section three hundred sixty-five-l of this\nchapter or such employees who provide home and community based services\nunder a demonstration program pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen\nof the federal social security act who are expected to have regular and\nsubstantial contact with children; peace officer; police officer;\ndistrict attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator employed\nin the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official.\n (b) Whenever such person is required to report under this title in his\nor her capacity as a member of the staff of a medical or other public or\nprivate institution, school, facility or agency, he or she shall make\nthe report as required by this title and immediately notify the person\nin charge of such institution, school, facility or agency, or his or her\ndesignated agent. Such person in charge, or the designated agent of such\nperson, shall be responsible for all subsequent administration\nnecessitated by the report. Any report shall include the name, title and\ncontact information for every staff person of the institution who is\nbelieved to have direct knowledge of the allegations in the report.\nNothing in this section or title is intended to
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