Mandatory Abuse Reporting for Oregon Attorneys

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The materials and forms in this manual are published by the Oregon State Bar exclusively for the use of attorneys. Neither the Oregon State Bar nor the contributors make either express or implied warranties in regard to the use of the materials and/or forms. Each attorney must depend on his or her own knowledge of the law and expertise in the use or modification of these materials.

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Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Questions and Answers About Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting for Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Question 1: What Is Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Question 2: What Are Lawyers Required to Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Question 3: What Is "Reasonable Cause?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Question 4: What Is "Comes in Contact?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Question 5: How Is a Lawyer Expected to Identify Child Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Question 6: Are There Any Exceptions to the Reporting Requirement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Question 7: What If Someone Expresses the Intent to Commit an Act of Child Abuse? . . . . . 10 Question 8: Are Lawyers Obligated to Report Child Abuse Occurring Outside of Oregon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Question 9: What Type of Report Is Required and to Whom Must It Be Made? . . . . . . . . . 11 Question 10: Are Child Abuse Reports Confidential? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Question 11: What If I Am Wrong, and There Really Was No Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Question 12: Are Lawyers Liable for Not Reporting Child Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Question 13: What Does the Law Require the Oregon State Bar to Do in Connection with Child Abuse Reporting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Question 14: Are Lawyers Also Mandatory Reporters of Elder Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Question 15: Are Lawyers Mandatory Reporters of Abuse in Other Contexts? . . . . . . . . . 15 Appendix A--Oregon Revised Statutes 2015--Reporting of Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Appendix B--Oregon Revised Statutes 2013--Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Appendix C--Oregon Revised Statutes 2015--Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendix D--Selected Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Physical and Behavioral Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Questions and Answers About Mandatory Elder Abuse Reporting for Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Question 1: What Is Mandatory Elder Abuse Reporting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Question 2: What Are Lawyers Required to Do? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Question 3: What Is "Reasonable Cause?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Question 4: What Is "Comes in Contact?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Question 5: What Is Elder Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Question 6: Are There Any Exceptions to the Reporting Requirement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Question 7: What If Someone Expresses the Intent to Commit an Act of Elder Abuse? . . . . . 44 Question 8: Are Lawyers Obligated to Report Elder Abuse Occurring Outside of Oregon? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Question 9: What Type of Report Is Required and to Whom Must It Be Made? . . . . . . . . . 45 Question 10: Are Elder Abuse Reports Confidential? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Question 11: What If I Am Wrong, and There Really Was No Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Question 12: Are Lawyers Liable for Not Reporting Elder Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Question 13: What Does the Law Require the Oregon State Bar to Do in Connection with Elder Abuse Reporting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Question 14: Are Lawyers Also Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Question 15: Are Lawyers Mandatory Reporters of Abuse in Other Contexts? . . . . . . . . . 48 Appendix A--Oregon Revised Statutes 2015--Reporting of Elder Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Appendix B--Oregon Revised Statutes 2015--Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Appendix C--Selected Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Changes Due to Normal Aging and Potential for Abuse/Neglect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Presentation Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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FACULTY

Mark Johnson Roberts, Oregon State Bar, Tigard. Mr. Johnson Roberts is Deputy General Counsel to the Oregon State Bar. He gives prospective ethics advice to Oregon lawyers and provides counsel to the bar on regulatory, employment, and business matters. He is chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. He is past president of the Oregon State Bar, past president of the National LGBT Bar Association, and past chair of Oregon's State Professional Responsibility Board. He is the 2014 recipient of the Multnomah Bar Association Professionalism Award in recognition of his many years of service to the bench and bar. Mr. Johnson Roberts holds an LL.M. in International Law from the Willamette University College of Law.

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