1 | P a g e RDHAP LA W AND ETHICS EXAMS 2024 WITH ACTUA L CORRECT QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED DETAILED RATIONALES ANSWERS BY EXPERTS |FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS |ALREADY GRADED A+ |NEWEST |GUARANTEED PASS |LATEST UPDATE When an agency receives a report pursuant to Section 11166 that contains either of the following, it shall, within 24 hours, notify the licensing office with jurisdiction over the facility: (1) A report of abuse alleged to have occu rred in facilities licensed to care for children by the State Department of Social Services. (2) A report of the death of a child who was, at the time of death, living at, enrolled in, or regularly attending a facility licensed to care for children by the State Department of Social Services, unless the circumstances of the child's death are clearly unrelated to the child's care at the facility. The agency shall send the licensing agency a copy of its investigation and any other pertinent materials. (b) A ny employee of an agency specified in Section 11165.9 who has knowledge of, or observes in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, a child in protective custody whom he or she knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect shall, within 36 hours, send or have sent to the attorney who represents the child in dependency court, a copy of the report prepared in accordance with Section 11166. The agency shall maintain a copy of the written report . All information requested by the attorney for the child or the child's guardian ad litem shall be provided by the agency within 30 days of the request. Each county may use a children's advocacy center to implement a coordinated multidisciplinary response pursuant to Section 18961.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to investigate reports involving child physical or sexual abuse, exploitation, or maltreatment. (b) A county that utilizes a child advocacy center to coordinate its multidisciplinary respon se pursuant to subdivision (a) shall require the children's advocacy center to meet the following standards: (1) The multidisciplinary team associated with the children's advocacy center shall consist of a representative of the children's advocacy center and at least one representative from each of the following disciplines: law enforcement, child protective services, district attorney's offices, medical 2 | P a g e providers, mental health providers, and victim advocates. Members of the multidisciplinary team may fill more than one role, within the scope of their practice, as needed. (2) The multidisciplinary team associated with the children's advocacy center shall have cultural competency and diversity training to meet the needs of the community it serves. (3) The children's advocacy center shall have a designated legal entity responsible for the governance of its operations. This entity shall oversee ongoing business practices of the children's advocacy center, including setting and implementing administrative pol icies, hiring and managing personnel, obtaining funding, supervising program and fiscal operations, and conducting long -term planning. (4) The children's advocacy center shall provide a dedicated child -focused setting designed to provide a safe, comfortab le, and neutral place where forensic interviews and other children's advocacy center services may be appropriately provided for children and families. (5) The children's advocacy center shall use written protocols for case review and case review procedure s, and shall use a case tracking system to provide information on essential demographics and case information. (6) The children's advocacy center shall verify that members of the multidisciplinary team responsible for me On and after January 1, 1985, any mandated reporter as specified in Section 11165.7, with the exception of child visitation monitors, prior to commencing his or her employment, and as a prerequisite to that employment, shall Sign a statement on a form provided to him or her by his or her e mployer to the effect that he or she has knowledge of the provisions of Section 11166 and will comply with those provisions. The statement shall inform the employee that he or she is a mandated reporter and inform the employee of his or her reporting oblig ations under Section 11166 and of his or her confidentiality rights under subdivision (d) of Section 11167. The employer shall provide a copy of Sections 11165.7, 11166, and 11167 to the employee . Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect pursuant to Sec tion 11166 or Section 11166.05 shall include: The name, business address, and telephone number of the mandated reporter; the capacity that makes the person a mandated reporter; and the information that gave rise to the reasonable suspicion of child abuse o r neglect and the source or sources of that information. Any violation of the confidentiality provided by this article is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months, by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500), or by both that imprisonment and fine. Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect and information contained therein may be disclosed only to the following: 3 | P a g e (1) Persons or agencies to whom disclosure of the identity of the reporting party is permitted under Secti on 11167. (2) Persons or agencies to whom disclosure of information is permitted under subdivision (b) of Section 11170 or subdivision (a) of Section 11170.5. (3) Persons or agencies with whom investigations of child abuse or neglect are coordinated unde r the regulations promulgated under Section 11174. (4) Multidisciplinary personnel teams as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 18951 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (5) Persons or agencies responsible for the licensing of facilities which care f or children, as specified in Section 11165.7. (6) The State Department of Social Services True or False The written reports required by Section 11166 shall be submitted on forms adopted by the Department of Justice after consultation with representatives of the various professional medical associations and hospital associations and county probation or welfare departments. Those forms shall be distributed by the agencies specified in Section 11165.9. True Enhancing examination procedures, documentation, an d evidence collection relating to child abuse or neglect will improve the investigation and prosecution of child abuse or neglect as well as other child protection efforts. (c) The forms shall include, but not be limited to, a place for notation concerning each of the following: (1) Any notification of injuries or any report of suspected child physical abuse or neglect to law enforcement authorities or children's protective services, in accordance with existing reporting procedures. (2) Addressing relevan t consent issues, if indicated. (3) The taking of a patient history of child physical abuse or neglect that includes other relevant medical history. (4) The performance of a physical examination for evidence of child physical abuse or neglect. (5) The c ollection or documentation of any physical evidence of child physical abuse or neglect, including any recommended photographic procedures. 4 | P a g e (6) The collection of other medical or forensic specimens, including drug ingestion or toxication, as indicated. (7) Procedures for the preservation and disposition of evidence. (8) Complete documentation of medical forensic exam findings with recommendations for diagnostic studies, including blood tests and X -rays. (9) An assessment as to whether there are findings that indicate physical abuse or neglect. (d) The forms shall become part of the patient's medical record pursuant to guidelines established by the advisory committee of the Office of Emergency Services and subject to the confidentiality laws pertaining to the release of medical forensic examination records. (e) The forms shall be made accessible for use on the Internet. True or False (a) A physician and surgeon or dentist or their agents and by their direction may take skeletal X -rays of the child withou t the consent of the child's parent or guardian, but only for purposes of diagnosing the case as one of possible child abuse or neglect and determining the extent of the child abuse or neglect. (b) Neither the physician -patient privilege nor the psychothe rapist -patient privilege applies to information reported pursuant to this article in any court proceeding or administrative hearing. True If a peace officer, in the course of an investigation of child abuse or neglect, has reasonable cause to believe that the child has been the victim of physical abuse: The officer may apply to a magistrate for an order directing that the victim be X -rayed without parental consent. True or False With respect to the cost of an X -ray taken by the county coroner or at the req uest of the county coroner in suspected child abuse or neglect cases, the county may charge the parent or legal guardian of the child -victim the costs incurred by the county for the X -ray. True (a) The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the State D epartment of Social Services, shall prescribe by regulation guidelines for the investigation of child abuse or neglect, as defined in Section 11165.6, in facilities licensed to care for children, and shall ensure that the investigation is conducted in acco rdance with the regulations and guidelines.
