[Libs-Or] Mandatory Reporting Workshop and Policy

Tue Feb 12 16:48:04 PST 2013

I did check with our City Attorney and he confirmed that library staff are included under the circumstances Buzzy outlined below for mandatory reporting of elder abuse.  He said that since the mandatory reporting  requirement was just in the performance of one's official duties, it did not apply 24/7 like the child abuse reporting requirement and also does not necessarily apply to all library staff.
Carolyn, also not a lawyer
Carolyn Rawles-Heiser
Library Director
Corvallis--Benton County Public Library
645 NW Monroe Ave.
Corvallis, OR  97330
(541)766-6910

From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Buzzy Nielsen
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 10:16 PM
To: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] Mandatory Reporting Workshop and Policy

SDAO feels that it's worth considering the possibility that libraries who offer services for the elderly may also be mandatory reporters of elder abuse per 124.050. In defining "public official", that statute says: "(L) Any public official who comes in contact with elderly persons in the performance of the official's official duties." If a library offers, say, outreach to an assisted living home or services for homebound patrons, that may be enough to trigger mandatory reporting. I don't believe that's a change to that statute, though; the definition was already there.

Cheers!
Buzzy
~not a lawyer~

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Hood River County Library District
502 State St
Hood River, OR 97031
541-387-7062
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On 02/11/2013 04:20 PM, kevin barclay wrote:
Hi Diedre,

Thanks for the information but now I'm confused. HB 4016 which expanded the definition of mandatory reporters to include library staff only applies to ORS 338.115, 339.370, 339.372, 339.374, 339.378, 339.388, 339.392, 339.400 and 419B.005. Was there another bill which addressed mandatory reporting of elderly abuse (ORS 124.050)? Or does the chapter already have an expanded definition of mandatory reporters?

Thanks again,

Kevin Barclay
Assistant Director
Deschutes Public Library
507 NW Wall St
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 312-1046
kevinb at deschuteslibrary.org<mailto:kevinb at deschuteslibrary.org>
http://www.deschuteslibrary.org<http://www.deschuteslibrary.org/>

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From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us<mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Diedre Conkling
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 4:58 PM
To: libs-or
Subject: [Libs-Or] Mandatory Reporting Workshop and Policy

As promised here is the information from a workshop some of us took yesterday.  This will soon be available for those of us in Special Districts on the SDAO website.  I have also been promised a Word copy of the policy soon that I could send out to you if you are interested.

Though we have been basically talking about reporting child abuse you probably should also be aware that ORS 124.050 also requires reporting of adult abuse for adults older than 65 and adults with diaabilities.

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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR 97365
Phone & Fax: 541-265-3066
Work email: diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org<mailto:diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
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