§10.63 Mandated Reporting

LibraryElder Law Deskbook (2023 Ed.)

8. (§10.63) Mandated Reporting

Counsel should be familiar with the following mandated reporting statutes:

1. § 198.070, RSMo Supp. 2020

2. § 565.188, RSMo Supp. 2020

3. § 192.2405, RSMo Supp. 2020

Under these statutes, mandatory reporters include, among others:

· health care providers;

· long-term care facility employees and adult day care workers;

· employees of governmental agencies that deal with health care or senior citizens;

· law enforcement personnel;

· ministers;

· social workers; and

· coroners, embalmers, and funeral directors.

These individuals must, if they have reasonable cause to believe...

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