Or. Admin. Code § 413-015-0305 - Cross Reporting Requirements
(1) Who is required to cross report and when.
(a) When a report of
abuse is received by the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline, Oregon
Child Abuse Hotline staff must cross report to a law enforcement agency in the
county where the alleged abuse occurred.
(b) If it is unknown where the alleged abuse
occurred, cross report to the law enforcement agency in the county where the
alleged victim resides.
(c) If it
is unknown where the alleged victim resides, cross report to the law
enforcement agency in the county where the reporter made contact with the
alleged victim or the alleged perpetrator.
(2) A cross report from the Oregon Child
Abuse Hotline must contain the screening report form that includes the
information provided by the person making the report of
abuse. This may include:
(a)
The name of and contact information for the confidential
reporter,
(b) The
names and addresses of the child,
(c) The names and addresses of the
child's parent or caregiver,
(d) The child's
age,
(e) The nature and extent of
the abuse,
(f) Any
evidence of previous abuse,
(g) The explanation given for the
abuse,
(h) Where
the abuse occurred,
(i) The identity and whereabouts of the
alleged perpetrator, and
(j) Any
other information provided by the person making the report
that would be helpful in establishing the cause of the abuse
and the identity and whereabouts of the alleged perpetrator.
(3) The Oregon Child Abuse Hotline
staff must redact from the screening report a child's statement about their
sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression prior to a verbal or
electronic external notification, unless an exemption allowing disclosure is
permitted as described in ORS
409.225(8),
419B.035(8),
419B.881(6).
(4) When and how the Oregon Child Abuse
Hotline must cross report to a law enforcement agency is described below.
(a) The same day.
(A) The Oregon Child Abuse Hotline must cross
report to a law enforcement agency on the same day a screener determines that a
report of alleged abuse requires a within 24
hours response by Child Welfare or immediate notification to law enforcement.
This requirement includes, but is not limited to, any reports of:
(i) Moderate to severe physical
abuse;
(ii)
Visible injuries to a child;
(iii) Sexual abuse;
or
(iv) Suspicious or unexpected
death of a child.
(B) The reports of abuse
that the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline cross reports on the same day must be cross
reported in one of the following ways:
(i)
Verbal cross report. When a cross report is verbal, and Child Welfare and law
enforcement do not respond to the report of
abuse together, a completed screening report form must be sent
to the law enforcement agency.
(ii)
Electronic transmission
(b) No later than 10 days. All other reports
of abuse, including reports assigned for CPS
assessment and closed at screening, must be cross reported within a
time frame that ensures the receipt of the cross report by law enforcement no
later than 10 calendar days after receiving the report. The
reports must be sent either verbally or through electronic
submission.
(5)
Supplemental cross reporting by the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline. The Oregon
Child Abuse Hotline may receive information not previously cross reported but
apparently related to a report of abuse
involving the same victim and the same alleged perpetrator that has been
previously cross reported. If the information relates to the same incident of
abuse, the Oregon Child Abuse Hotline staff must make a
supplemental cross report of the additional information to each law enforcement
agency that received the prior cross report. Supplemental information that is
determined to be critical, given the information in the original
report, must be cross reported immediately. All other
supplemental information must be cross reported within a time frame that
ensures the receipt of the information no later than 10 calendar days after the
information was received.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005, ORS 419B.017 & ORS 409.050
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.005, ORS 419B.017 & ORS 419B.015
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