592 So. 2d 330 - Barber v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(1) Any person, including, but not limited to, any: (a) Physician, osteopathic physician, medical examiner, chiropractic physician, nurse, or hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examination, care, or treatment of persons; (b) Health or mental health professional other than one listed in paragraph (a); (c) Practitioner who relies solely on spiritual means for healing; (d) School teacher or other school official or personnel; (e) Social worker, day care center worker, or other professional child care, foster care, residential, or institutional worker; (f) Law enforcement officer; or (g) Judge, who knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that a child is abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent, legal custodian, caregiver, or other person responsible for the child's welfare shall report such knowledge or suspicion to the department in the manner prescribed in subsection (2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Drudge v. City of Kissimmee

2. “The reason for this requirement [that an individual report abuse even if the incident has already been reported] is that reports of the same incident of abuse from different sources tend to show the gravity of the situation. This also gives HRS workers the ability to contact more sources in order to investigate the incident and confirm or deny that it happened.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Allen