Oral
and Anal sex are handled differently than intercourse under Mandated Child
Abuse Reporting Laws:
FALSE
A
Therapist Maye Fax a written report of abuse to CPA
TRUE
Therapists
Should not allow a client to use the threat of withdrawing from therapy as
leverage against reporting.
TRUE
If CPS does not want to take your verbal report, you may fax it. Always get the worker’s badge number and first name.
If CPS does not want to take your verbal report, you may fax it. Always get the worker’s badge number and first name.
TRUE
If
after reasonable efforts, CPS refuses to accept your report, the mandated
reported is immune from liability for failure to report.
TRUE.
A
child’s apparent current safety should not preclude reporting.
TRUE
Voluntary
sexual activity of any sort between children who are both under the age of 14
and who are of similar age, maturity, and sophistication is not a mandated
report.
TRUE.
A
30 year old man telling his therapist that he is engaged in consensual sexual
intercourse with his 17 year old girlfriend is not reportable.
TRUE.
TRUE.
A
15 year old girl is having intercourse with her 21 year old boyfriend. The
parents know and are fine with this, therefore it is not reportable.
FALSE.
