Mandated Reporter Training Per Act 126, mandated reporters must take a 3 hour training on Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse every five years. Act 31 requires all employees licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of State take a 2-3 hour training on Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse every two years.
Adult Protective Services (Act 70 of 2010) pertains to adults ages 18 - 59 with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. School nurses and other school medical personnel meet the requirements of a mandated reporter. Other school personnel are voluntary reporters.
Failure to act is defined as something that is not done to prevent harm or potential harm to a child.
Act 126 of 2012 ("Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training") amended the Public School Code of 1949 to mandate that all school entities and independent contractors of school entities provide their employees who have direct contact with children with a minimum of three hours of training every five years on child ...
ChildLine is part of a mandated statewide child protective services program designed to accept child abuse referrals and general child well-being concerns, and transmit the information quickly to the appropriate investigating agency.
The general training module is a four hour training that includes four sections. Each section will include practice test questions or vignettes.
The county children and youth agency is responsible for investigating suspected child abuse - child protective services; and assessing the need for general protective services.
Severe neglect refers to those situations of neglect where the child's health is endangered, including severe malnutrition. Exploitation means forcing or coercing a child into performing activities that are beyond the child's capabilities or which are illegal or degrading, including sexual exploitation.