232.69 MANDATORY AND PERMISSIVE REPORTERS -- TRAINING
REQUIRED.
1. The classes of persons enumerated in this subsection shall
make a report within twenty-four hours and as provided in section
232.70, of cases of child abuse. In addition, the classes of persons
enumerated in this subsection shall make a report of abuse of a child
who is under twelve years of age and may make a report of abuse of a
child who is twelve years of age or older, which would be defined as
child abuse under section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph "c" or
"e", except that the abuse resulted from the acts or omissions of
a person other than a person responsible for the care of the child.
a. Every health practitioner who in the scope of professional
practice, examines, attends, or treats a child and who reasonably
believes the child has been abused. Notwithstanding section 139A.30,
this provision applies to a health practitioner who receives
information confirming that a child is infected with a sexually
transmitted disease.
b. Any of the following persons who, in the scope of
professional practice or in their employment responsibilities,
examines, attends, counsels, or treats a child and reasonably
believes a child has suffered abuse:
(1) A social worker.
(2) An employee or operator of a public or private health care
facility as defined in section 135C.1.
(3) A certified psychologist.
(4) A licensed school employee, certified para-educator, holder
of a coaching authorization issued under section 272.31, or an
instructor employed by a community college.
(5) An employee or operator of a licensed child care center,
registered child development home, head start program, family
development and self-sufficiency grant program under section
216A.107, or healthy opportunities for parents to experience
success--healthy families Iowa program under section 135.106.
(6) An employee or operator of a substance abuse program or
facility licensed under chapter 125.
(7) An employee of a department of human services institution
listed in section 218.1.
(8) An employee or operator of a juvenile detention or juvenile
shelter care facility approved under section 232.142.
(9) An employee or operator of a foster care facility licensed or
approved under chapter 237.
(10) An employee or operator of a mental health center.
(11) A peace officer.
(12) A counselor or mental health professional.
(13) An employee or operator of a provider of services to
children funded under a federally approved medical assistance home
and community-based services waiver.
2. Any other person who believes that a child has been abused may
make a report as provided in section 232.70.
3. a. For the purposes of this subsection, "licensing
board" means a board designated in section 147.13, the board of
educational examiners created in section 272.2, or a licensing board
as defined in section 272C.1.
b. A person required to make a report under subsection 1,
other than a physician whose professional practice does not regularly
involve providing primary health care to children, shall complete two
hours of training relating to the identification and reporting of
child abuse within six months of initial employment or
self-employment involving the examination, attending, counseling, or
treatment of children on a regular basis. Within one month of
initial employment or self-employment, the person shall obtain a
statement of the abuse reporting requirements from the person's
employer or, if self-employed, from the department. The person shall
complete at least two hours of additional child abuse identification
and reporting training every five years.
c. If the person is an employee of a hospital or similar
institution, or of a public or private institution, agency, or
facility, the employer shall be responsible for providing the child
abuse identification and reporting training. If the person is
self-employed, employed in a licensed or certified profession, or
employed by a facility or program that is subject to licensure,
regulation, or approval by a state agency, the person shall obtain
the child abuse identification and reporting training as provided in
paragraph "d".
d. The person may complete the initial or additional training
requirements as part of any of the following that are applicable to
the person:
(1) A continuing education program required under chapter 272C
and approved by the appropriate licensing board.
(2) A training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse
education review panel established by the director of public health
pursuant to section 135.11.
(3) A training program using such an approved curriculum offered
by the department of human services, the department of education, an
area education agency, a school district, the Iowa law enforcement
academy, or a similar public agency.
e. A licensing board with authority over the license of a
person required to make a report under subsection 1 shall require as
a condition of licensure that the person is in compliance with the
requirements for abuse training under this subsection. The licensing
board shall require the person upon licensure renewal to accurately
document for the licensing board the person's completion of the
training requirements. However, the licensing board may adopt rules
providing for waiver or suspension of the compliance requirements, if
the waiver or suspension is in the public interest, applicable to a
person who is engaged in active duty in the military service of this
state or of the United States, to a person for whom compliance with
the training requirements would impose a significant hardship, or to
a person who is practicing a licensed profession outside this state
or is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the
person from encountering child abuse in this state.
f. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are not engaged in a licensed profession that is subject to the
authority of a licensing board but are employed by a facility or
program subject to licensure, registration, or approval by a state
agency, the agency shall require as a condition of renewal of the
facility's or program's licensure, registration, or approval, that
such persons employed by the facility or program are in compliance
with the training requirements of this subsection.
g. For peace officers, the elected or appointed official
designated as the head of the agency employing the peace officer
shall ensure compliance with the training requirements of this
subsection.
h. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are employees of state departments and political subdivisions of
the state, the department director or the chief administrator of the
political subdivision shall ensure the persons' compliance with the
training requirements of this subsection.
232.69 MANDATORY AND PERMISSIVE REPORTERS -- TRAINING
REQUIRED.
1. The classes of persons enumerated in this subsection shall
make a report within twenty-four hours and as provided in section
232.70, of cases of child abuse. In addition, the classes of persons
enumerated in this subsection shall make a report of abuse of a child
who is under twelve years of age and may make a report of abuse of a
child who is twelve years of age or older, which would be defined as
child abuse under section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph "c" or
"e", except that the abuse resulted from the acts or omissions of
a person other than a person responsible for the care of the child.
a. Every health practitioner who in the scope of professional
practice, examines, attends, or treats a child and who reasonably
believes the child has been abused. Notwithstanding section 139A.30,
this provision applies to a health practitioner who receives
information confirming that a child is infected with a sexually
transmitted disease.
b. Any of the following persons who, in the scope of
professional practice or in their employment responsibilities,
examines, attends, counsels, or treats a child and reasonably
believes a child has suffered abuse:
(1) A social worker.
(2) An employee or operator of a public or private health care
facility as defined in section 135C.1.
(3) A certified psychologist.
(4) A licensed school employee, certified para-educator, holder
of a coaching authorization issued under section 272.31, or an
instructor employed by a community college.
(5) An employee or operator of a licensed child care center,
registered child development home, head start program, family
development and self-sufficiency grant program under section
216A.107, or healthy opportunities for parents to experience
success--healthy families Iowa program under section 135.106.
(6) An employee or operator of a substance abuse program or
facility licensed under chapter 125.
(7) An employee of a department of human services institution
listed in section 218.1.
(8) An employee or operator of a juvenile detention or juvenile
shelter care facility approved under section 232.142.
(9) An employee or operator of a foster care facility licensed or
approved under chapter 237.
(10) An employee or operator of a mental health center.
(11) A peace officer.
(12) A counselor or mental health professional.
(13) An employee or operator of a provider of services to
children funded under a federally approved medical assistance home
and community-based services waiver.
2. Any other person who believes that a child has been abused may
make a report as provided in section 232.70.
3. a. For the purposes of this subsection, "licensing
board" means a board designated in section 147.13, the board of
educational examiners created in section 272.2, or a licensing board
as defined in section 272C.1.
b. A person required to make a report under subsection 1,
other than a physician whose professional practice does not regularly
involve providing primary health care to children, shall complete two
hours of training relating to the identification and reporting of
child abuse within six months of initial employment or
self-employment involving the examination, attending, counseling, or
treatment of children on a regular basis. Within one month of
initial employment or self-employment, the person shall obtain a
statement of the abuse reporting requirements from the person's
employer or, if self-employed, from the department. The person shall
complete at least two hours of additional child abuse identification
and reporting training every five years.
c. If the person is an employee of a hospital or similar
institution, or of a public or private institution, agency, or
facility, the employer shall be responsible for providing the child
abuse identification and reporting training. If the person is
self-employed, employed in a licensed or certified profession, or
employed by a facility or program that is subject to licensure,
regulation, or approval by a state agency, the person shall obtain
the child abuse identification and reporting training as provided in
paragraph "d".
d. The person may complete the initial or additional training
requirements as part of any of the following that are applicable to
the person:
(1) A continuing education program required under chapter 272C
and approved by the appropriate licensing board.
(2) A training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse
education review panel established by the director of public health
pursuant to section 135.11.
(3) A training program using such an approved curriculum offered
by the department of human services, the department of education, an
area education agency, a school district, the Iowa law enforcement
academy, or a similar public agency.
e. A licensing board with authority over the license of a
person required to make a report under subsection 1 shall require as
a condition of licensure that the person is in compliance with the
requirements for abuse training under this subsection. The licensing
board shall require the person upon licensure renewal to accurately
document for the licensing board the person's completion of the
training requirements. However, the licensing board may adopt rules
providing for waiver or suspension of the compliance requirements, if
the waiver or suspension is in the public interest, applicable to a
person who is engaged in active duty in the military service of this
state or of the United States, to a person for whom compliance with
the training requirements would impose a significant hardship, or to
a person who is practicing a licensed profession outside this state
or is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the
person from encountering child abuse in this state.
f. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are not engaged in a licensed profession that is subject to the
authority of a licensing board but are employed by a facility or
program subject to licensure, registration, or approval by a state
agency, the agency shall require as a condition of renewal of the
facility's or program's licensure, registration, or approval, that
such persons employed by the facility or program are in compliance
with the training requirements of this subsection.
g. For peace officers, the elected or appointed official
designated as the head of the agency employing the peace officer
shall ensure compliance with the training requirements of this
subsection.
h. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are employees of state departments and political subdivisions of
the state, the department director or the chief administrator of the
political subdivision shall ensure the persons' compliance with the
training requirements of this subsection.
232.69 MANDATORY AND PERMISSIVE REPORTERS -- TRAINING
REQUIRED.
1. The classes of persons enumerated in this subsection shall
make a report within twenty-four hours and as provided in section
232.70, of cases of child abuse. In addition, the classes of persons
enumerated in this subsection shall make a report of abuse of a child
who is under twelve years of age and may make a report of abuse of a
child who is twelve years of age or older, which would be defined as
child abuse under section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph "c" or
"e", except that the abuse resulted from the acts or omissions of
a person other than a person responsible for the care of the child.
a. Every health practitioner who in the scope of professional
practice, examines, attends, or treats a child and who reasonably
believes the child has been abused. Notwithstanding section 139A.30,
this provision applies to a health practitioner who receives
information confirming that a child is infected with a sexually
transmitted disease.
b. Any of the following persons who, in the scope of
professional practice or in their employment responsibilities,
examines, attends, counsels, or treats a child and reasonably
believes a child has suffered abuse:
(1) A social worker.
(2) An employee or operator of a public or private health care
facility as defined in section 135C.1.
(3) A certified psychologist.
(4) A licensed school employee, certified para-educator, holder
of a coaching authorization issued under section 272.31, or an
instructor employed by a community college.
(5) An employee or operator of a licensed child care center,
registered child development home, head start program, family
development and self-sufficiency grant program under section
216A.107, or healthy opportunities for parents to experience
success--healthy families Iowa program under section 135.106.
(6) An employee or operator of a substance abuse program or
facility licensed under chapter 125.
(7) An employee of a department of human services institution
listed in section 218.1.
(8) An employee or operator of a juvenile detention or juvenile
shelter care facility approved under section 232.142.
(9) An employee or operator of a foster care facility licensed or
approved under chapter 237.
(10) An employee or operator of a mental health center.
(11) A peace officer.
(12) A counselor or mental health professional.
(13) An employee or operator of a provider of services to
children funded under a federally approved medical assistance home
and community-based services waiver.
2. Any other person who believes that a child has been abused may
make a report as provided in section 232.70.
3. a. For the purposes of this subsection, "licensing
board" means a board designated in section 147.13, the board of
educational examiners created in section 272.2, or a licensing board
as defined in section 272C.1.
b. A person required to make a report under subsection 1,
other than a physician whose professional practice does not regularly
involve providing primary health care to children, shall complete two
hours of training relating to the identification and reporting of
child abuse within six months of initial employment or
self-employment involving the examination, attending, counseling, or
treatment of children on a regular basis. Within one month of
initial employment or self-employment, the person shall obtain a
statement of the abuse reporting requirements from the person's
employer or, if self-employed, from the department. The person shall
complete at least two hours of additional child abuse identification
and reporting training every five years.
c. If the person is an employee of a hospital or similar
institution, or of a public or private institution, agency, or
facility, the employer shall be responsible for providing the child
abuse identification and reporting training. If the person is
self-employed, employed in a licensed or certified profession, or
employed by a facility or program that is subject to licensure,
regulation, or approval by a state agency, the person shall obtain
the child abuse identification and reporting training as provided in
paragraph "d".
d. The person may complete the initial or additional training
requirements as part of any of the following that are applicable to
the person:
(1) A continuing education program required under chapter 272C
and approved by the appropriate licensing board.
(2) A training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse
education review panel established by the director of public health
pursuant to section 135.11.
(3) A training program using such an approved curriculum offered
by the department of human services, the department of education, an
area education agency, a school district, the Iowa law enforcement
academy, or a similar public agency.
e. A licensing board with authority over the license of a
person required to make a report under subsection 1 shall require as
a condition of licensure that the person is in compliance with the
requirements for abuse training under this subsection. The licensing
board shall require the person upon licensure renewal to accurately
document for the licensing board the person's completion of the
training requirements. However, the licensing board may adopt rules
providing for waiver or suspension of the compliance requirements, if
the waiver or suspension is in the public interest, applicable to a
person who is engaged in active duty in the military service of this
state or of the United States, to a person for whom compliance with
the training requirements would impose a significant hardship, or to
a person who is practicing a licensed profession outside this state
or is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the
person from encountering child abuse in this state.
f. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are not engaged in a licensed profession that is subject to the
authority of a licensing board but are employed by a facility or
program subject to licensure, registration, or approval by a state
agency, the agency shall require as a condition of renewal of the
facility's or program's licensure, registration, or approval, that
such persons employed by the facility or program are in compliance
with the training requirements of this subsection.
g. For peace officers, the elected or appointed official
designated as the head of the agency employing the peace officer
shall ensure compliance with the training requirements of this
subsection.
h. For persons required to make a report under subsection 1
who are employees of state departments and political subdivisions of
the state, the department director or the chief administrator of the
political subdivision shall ensure the persons' compliance with the
training requirements of this subsection.
