419B.015
Report form and content; notice.
(1)(a) A person making a voluntary report of child abuse shall make an oral
report to the Department of Human Services by telephone to the child abuse
reporting hotline described in ORS 418.190 or to a law enforcement agency
within the county where the person making the report is located at the time of
the contact. A person making a report of child abuse that is required by ORS
419B.010 shall make the report to the department through the centralized child
abuse reporting system described in ORS 418.190 or to a law enforcement agency
within the county where the person making the report is located at the time of
the contact. The report must contain, if known, the names and addresses of the
child and the parents of the child or other persons responsible for care of the
child, the child’s age, the nature and extent of the abuse, including any
evidence of previous abuse, the explanation given for the abuse and any other
information that the person making the report believes might be helpful in
establishing the cause of the abuse and the identity of the perpetrator.
(b)(A) When a
report of alleged child abuse is received by the department, the department
shall notify a law enforcement agency within the county where the alleged abuse
occurred or, if that county is unknown, the county where the child resides or,
if that county is unknown, the county where the reporter came into contact with
the child or the alleged perpetrator of the abuse.
(B) When a report
of alleged child abuse is received by a law enforcement agency, the agency
shall notify the department by making a report of the alleged child abuse to
the centralized child abuse reporting system described in ORS 418.190.
(c) When a report
of alleged child abuse is received by the department or by a law enforcement
agency, the department or law enforcement agency, or both, may collect
information concerning the military status of the parent or guardian of the
child who is the subject of the report and may share the information with the
appropriate military authorities. Disclosure of information under this
paragraph is subject to ORS 419B.035 (7).
(2) When a report
of alleged child abuse is received under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the
entity receiving the report shall make the notification required by subsection
(1)(b) of this section according to rules adopted by the department under ORS
419B.017.
(3)(a) When a
report alleging that a child or ward in substitute care may have been subjected
to abuse is received by the department, the department shall notify the
attorney for the child or ward, the child’s or ward’s court appointed special
advocate, the parents of the child or ward and any attorney representing a
parent of the child or ward that a report has been received.
(b) The name and
address of and other identifying information about the person who made the
report may not be disclosed under this subsection. Any person or entity to whom
notification is made under this subsection may not release any information not
authorized by this subsection.
(c) The
department shall make the notification required by this subsection within three
business days of receiving the report of alleged child abuse.
(d)
Notwithstanding the obligation imposed by this subsection, the department is
not required under this subsection to notify the parent or parent’s attorney
that a report of alleged child abuse has been received if the notification may
interfere with an investigation or assessment or jeopardize the child’s or ward’s
safety. [1993 c.546 §15; 1993 c.734 §1a; 2005 c.250 §1; 2007 c.237 §1; 2017
c.210 §1; 2019 c.181 §1; 2023 c.132 §2]
Notes of Decisions
E. J. T. v. Jefferson Cnty., 518 P.3d 568 (Or. 2022).
· cites it 5× “005(6) (listing the individuals defined as a “[p]ublic or private official”); ORS 419B.015 (describing the required report).”
State v. Walker, 86 P.3d 690 (Or. Ct. App. 2004).
· cites it 3× “ORS 419B.015. The state reasons that, because the child abuse “reports” that are referred to in ORS 419B.”
Greene v. Camreta, 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2009).
“” Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.015. 15 Once a report is received, the Department must notify a law enforcement agency, and vice versa.”
State v. Forker, 168 P.3d 279 (Or. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 2× “ORS 419B.015 provides that a mandatory reporter of child abuse shall report any “information that the person making the report believes might be helpful in establishing * * * the identity of the perpetrator.”
Kraemer v. Harding, 976 P.2d 1160 (Or. Ct. App. 1999).
“010(1) now provides, in part: “Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child *98 shall immediately report…”
Pamplin Media Grp. v. City of Salem, 429 P.3d 1019 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 13× “Specifically, it requires a "public or private official," as defined by the statute, "having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child [to]…”
Nielson v. Legacy Health Sys., 230 F. Supp. 2d 1206 (D. Or. 2001).
“010(1); ORS 419B.015. A law enforcement agency or SOSCF employee who receives such a report has an additional duty to investigate the nature and cause of the abuse.”
State v. Riley, 308 P.3d 1080 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
“” More specifically, the state argues that, because ORS 419B.015(l)(a)— which governs the required form and content of a report— applies to “[a] person making a report of child abuse, whether the report is made voluntarily or is required,” ORS 419B.”
State Ex Rel. Juv. Dep't v. Spencer, 108 P.3d 1189 (Or. Ct. App. 2005).
“010U) provides: “Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child shall immediately report or cause a report…”
Meier v. Salem-Keizer Sch. Dist., 392 P.3d 796 (Or. Ct. App. 2017).
“010(1) provides, as relevant: “Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child shall immediately report or…”
Morse v. State of Oregon (D. Or. 2024).
“Under Oregon law, “Any public or private official having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child shall immediately report or cause a report…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.015(1) — 1 case
Pamplin Media Grp. v. City of Salem, 429 P.3d 1019 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
“Specifically, it requires a "public or private official," as defined by the statute, "having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child [to]…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.015(1)(a) — 2 cases
E. J. T. v. Jefferson Cnty., 518 P.3d 568 (Or. 2022).
“005(6) (listing the individuals defined as a “[p]ublic or private official”); ORS 419B.015 (describing the required report).”
Pamplin Media Grp. v. City of Salem, 429 P.3d 1019 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
“Specifically, it requires a "public or private official," as defined by the statute, "having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child [to]…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.015(1)(b) — 2 cases
E. J. T. v. Jefferson Cnty., 518 P.3d 568 (Or. 2022).
“005(6) (listing the individuals defined as a “[p]ublic or private official”); ORS 419B.015 (describing the required report).”
Pamplin Media Grp. v. City of Salem, 429 P.3d 1019 (Or. Ct. App. 2018).
“Specifically, it requires a "public or private official," as defined by the statute, "having reasonable cause to believe that any child with whom the official comes in contact has suffered abuse or that any person with whom the official comes in contact has abused a child [to]…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 419B.015(l)(a) — 1 case
State v. Riley, 308 P.3d 1080 (Or. Ct. App. 2013).
“” More specifically, the state argues that, because ORS 419B.015(l)(a)— which governs the required form and content of a report— applies to “[a] person making a report of child abuse, whether the report is made voluntarily or is required,” ORS 419B.”
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