Statutes | Colorado River Tribe, Children's Code Chapter 2 ยง1-201 | 2019
(a) Any physician, hospital intern or resident, surgeon, religious practitioner, dentist, osteopath, chiropractor, podiatrist, coroner, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, nurses aide, psychiatrist, behavioral health professional, psychologist, child welfare investigator, social worker, school personnel, law enforcement officer, community health representatives, medical and mental health transportation persons, domestic violence victim advocates, or any other such person having substantial responsibility for the care of children, whose observation or examination of any child discloses evidence of injury, sexual molestation, abuse, or physical neglect which appears to have been inflicted upon such child by other than accidental means or which is not explained by the available medical history as being accidental in nature, shall immediately report or cause reports to be made of such information to a Tribal law enforcement official and Tribal Office of Social Services official. Such reports shall be made by telephone or in person, and shall be followed by written report. Such reports shall contain:
(1) The names and addresses of the child and his parents or the person having custody of such child, if known.
(2) The childs age, sex and the nature and extent of his injuries, molestation, abuse or physical neglect, including any evidence of previous injuries, molestation, abuse or physical neglect.
(3) Any other information that such person believes might be helpful in establishing the cause of the injury, molestation, abuse or physical neglect.
(b) When such telephone or in-person reports are received by a Tribal law enforcement official, he shall immediately notify a Probation Officer and make such information available to him.
(c) Any person required to make reports pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section may take or cause to be taken photographs of the child and the vicinity involved. If medically indicated, further examinations and tests, including but not limited to, radiological examinations, of the involved child may be performed.
(d) The reporting duties under this Section are individual, and no supervisor or administrator may impede or inhibit such reporting duties and no person making such report shall be subject to any sanction for making such report. However, internal procedures to facilitate reporting and apprise supervisors and administrators of reports may be established, provided that they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Chapter.
(e) Any other person who has knowledge of or observes a child whom he reasonably suspects has been a victim of child abuse or neglect may report such suspected instances of child abuse or neglect to a Probation Officer or law enforcement officer.
[As amended on August 11, 2016, by Ordinance 03-16.]