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Cal. Penal Code § 11171.2

Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act

Known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act

The act spans §§ 11164–11174 (37 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Elijah W. v. Superior Court (2013)

Most recently applied in Cross v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (May 2017)

Added by renumbering Section 11171 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 249, second Sec. 3

(a) A physician and surgeon or dentist or their agents and by their direction may take skeletal X-rays of the child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian, but only for purposes of diagnosing the case as one of possible child abuse or neglect and determining the extent of the child abuse or neglect.

(b) Neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist-patient privilege applies to information reported pursuant to this article in any court proceeding or administrative hearing.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.