As a former clinician there are legal reports to be made if one is told/suspects ANY TYPE OF ABUSE regardless of when it occurred. I had to fill out a suspected abuse report with one copy going to the client's file, the other to my superior. He had to read/endorse and send to the clinic director for the same thing. One copy went to the state of Ohio, the other to the appropriate law enforcement agency. I then had to follow up within 24 hours with the police to document what they were doing and document it in the charts. This report happened in 2012 and in Ohio would have been reported, why not in her state? The clinician could lose their license in this case or at least punishment from the American Psychological Association.
Sam
Sam


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