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Child
Abuse Reporting Statutes
Utah_Child Abuse Reporting Statute
UTAH CODE
Title 62A. Utah Human Services Code
Chapter 4A. Child and Family Services
Part 4. Child Abuse or Neglect Reporting
Requirements
§ 62A-4a-403. Reporting requirements
(1)(a) Except as provided in Subsection
(2), when any person including persons licensed under
Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act, or Title
58, Chapter 31b, Nurse Practice Act, has reason to believe
that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect, or
who observes a child being subjected to conditions or
circumstances which would reasonably result in abuse or
neglect, that person shall immediately notify the nearest
peace officer, law enforcement agency, or office of the
division.
(b) Upon receipt of the notification described in Subsection
(1)(a), the peace officer or law enforcement agency
shall immediately notify the nearest office of the division.
If an initial report of abuse or neglect is made to
the division, the division shall immediately notify
the appropriate local law enforcement agency. The division
shall, in addition to its own investigation, comply
with and lend support to investigations by law enforcement
undertaken pursuant to a report made under this section.
(2) Subject to Subsection (3), the notification
requirements of Subsection (1) do not apply to a clergyman
or priest, without the consent of the person making the
confession, with regard to any confession made to the clergyman
or priest in the professional character of the clergyman
or priest in the course of discipline enjoined by the church
to which the clergyman or priest belongs, if:
(a) the confession was made directly to the clergyman
or priest by the perpetrator; and
(b) the clergyman or priest is, under canon law or
church doctrine or practice, bound to maintain the confidentiality
of that confession.
(3)(a) When a clergyman or priest receives information
about abuse or neglect from any source other than confession
of the perpetrator, the clergyman or priest is required
to give notification on the basis of that information
even though the clergyman or priest may have also received
a report of abuse or neglect from the confession of the
perpetrator.
(b) Exemption of notification requirements
for a clergyman or priest does not exempt a clergyman
or priest from any other efforts required by law to prevent
further abuse or neglect by the perpetrator.
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