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You, as an employee, may report a serious and imminent threat to the health and safety of a person if the recipient of the report is reasonable able to prevent or diminish the treat even without written patient consent

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If you are a nurse, Doctor, counselor or social worker of any kind and the patient is a minor, under the age of 18, in any dangerous situation. Either a danger to themselves or someone else, or being abused, etc. You, with the profession you’re a part of, are required by law to report it to the police. Even as a friend, neighbor, bystander or just a witness, you would be helping this person, even if they don’t realize it at the time.

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