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91_SB0323

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Abused Neglected Child Reporting  Act
 2    by changing Sections 4.02 and 6.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting  Act
 6    is amended by changing Sections 4.02 and 6 as follows:

 7        (325 ILCS 5/4.02) (from Ch. 23, par. 2054.02)
 8        Sec.  4.02.   Any physician who willfully fails to report
 9    suspected child abuse or neglect  as  required  by  this  Act
10    shall  be referred to the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary
11    Board for action in accordance with paragraph 22  of  Section
12    22  of  the  Medical  Practice  Act  of 1987. Any dentist who
13    willfully fails to report suspected child abuse or neglect as
14    required by this Act shall be referred to the  Department  of
15    Professional   Regulation   for  action  in  accordance  with
16    paragraph 19 of Section 23 of the  Illinois  Dental  Practice
17    Act.    Any  other  person  required  by  this  Act to report
18    suspected child abuse and  neglect  who  willfully  fails  to
19    report such shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
20    (Source: P.A. 86-1004.)

21        (325 ILCS 5/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 2056)
22        Sec.  6.   Any  person  required  to investigate cases of
23    suspected child abuse or neglect may  take  or  cause  to  be
24    taken, at Department expense, color photographs and x-rays of
25    the  child  who  is  the  subject  of  a  report,  and  color
26    photographs  of the physical environment in which the alleged
27    abuse or neglect has taken place. Any health professional who
28    intends to file a report of suspected child abuse or  neglect
29    pursuant to the requirements of this Act may take or cause to
30    be taken, at Department expense, color photographs and x-rays
 
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 1    of  the  child  who  is the subject of the report. The person
 2    seeking to take such photographs or x-rays shall  make  every
 3    reasonable  effort  to  notify the person responsible for the
 4    child's welfare.
 5    (Source: P.A. 84-611.)

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