<html> <head> <title>Rule 67:42:07:15 Staff responsibility for reporting suspected in-house incidents of child abuse or neglect.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 67:42:07:15"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 67:42:07:15 Staff responsibility for reporting suspected in-house incidents of child abuse or neglect."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>67:42:07:15.&nbsp;&nbsp;Staff responsibility for reporting suspected in-house incidents of child abuse or neglect.</b> The facility shall require each staff member to read and sign a statement which defines child abuse and neglect and outlines the staff member's responsibility to report all incidents of child abuse or neglect according to state law. In addition to complying with SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-8A-3">26-8A-3</A> and <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-8A-8">26-8A-8</A>, each staff member shall immediately report any suspected incident of child abuse or neglect to the executive director or the director's designee. The executive director or the designee shall immediately report any suspected or alleged in-house incident of child abuse or neglect to the department and cooperate fully in the investigation of any incident.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 12 SDR 4, effective July 25, 1985.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-6-16">26-6-16.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=26-6-16">26-6-16.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>