Guam § 13203 - Reporting Responsibilities.

§ 13203. Reporting Responsibilities.

(a) Reporting procedures. Reports suspected child abuse or neglect from persons required to report

under § 13201 shall be made immediately by telephone and followed up in writing within 48 hours after

the oral report. Oral reports shall be made to Child Protective Services or to the Guam Police Department.

(b) Cross reporting among agencies.

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(1) Child Protective Services shall immediately or as soon as practically possible report by

telephone to the Guam Police Department and to the Attorney General’s Office every known or

suspected instance of child abuse as defined in § 13101, except acts or omissions coming within

subsection (t)(4) of § 13101. Child Protective Services shall also send a written report thereof within

48 hours of receiving the information concerning the incident to any agency to which it is required to

make a telephone report under this subsection.

(2) The Guam Police Department shall immediately or as soon as practically possible report by

telephone Child Protective Services and to the Attorney General’s Office every known or suspected

instance of child abuse reported to it, except acts or omissions coming within subsection (t)(4) of §

13101, which shall only be reported to Child Protective Services. However, the Guam Police

Department shall report to Child Protective Services every known or suspected instance of child abuse

reported to it which is alleged to have occurred as a result of inaction of a person responsible for the

child’s welfare to adequately protect the minor from abuse when such person knew or reasonably

should have known that the minor was in danger of abuse. The Guam Police Department shall also

send a written report thereof within 48 hours of receiving the information concerning the incident to

any agency to which it is required to make a telephone report under this subsection.

(3) Child Protective Services and the Guam Police Department shall immediately, or as soon as

practically possible, report by telephone to the appropriate Department of Defense Family Advocacy

Program every known or suspected instance of child abuse reported to them when such report involves

active duty military personnel or their dependents.

(c) Contents of report. Reports of child abuse or neglect should contain the following information:

(1) Every report of a known or suspected instance of child abuse should include the name of the

person making the report, the name, age and sex of the child, the present location of the child, the

nature and extent of injury, and any other information, including information that led that person to

suspect child abuse, that may be requested by the child protective agency receiving the report. Persons

who report pursuant to § 13202 shall be required to reveal their names;

(2) Other information relevant to the incident of child abuse may also be given to an investigator

from a child protective agency who is investigating the known or suspected case of child abuse;

(3) The name of the person or persons responsible for causing the suspected abuse or neglect;

(4) Family composition;

(5) The actions taken by the reporting source, including the taking of photographs and x-rays,

removal or keeping of the child or notification of the medical examiner; and

(6) Any other information which the child protective agency may, by regulation, require.

(d) Identity of person reporting. The identity of all persons who report under this Article shall be

confidential and disclosed only among child protective agencies, to counsel representing a child protective

agency, to the Attorney General’s Office in a criminal prosecution or Family Court action, to a licensing

agency when abuse in licensed out-of-home care is reasonably suspected, when those persons who report

waive confidentiality, or by court order.

(e) Reporting forms. The reporting forms developed pursuant to § 13204 shall be made available to all

persons required to report under § 13201.

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