Question

Any mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect as required is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to ______ months confinement in a county jail or by a fine of $________ or by both that imprisonment and fine.

Answer 1

Mandated reporters who fail to report child abuse may face up to 11 months and 29 days in jail, a $2500 fine, or both.

Step-by-step explanation:

Any mandated reporter who fails to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect as required is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days confinement in a county jail or by a fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500) or by both that imprisonment and fine. Given the grim statistics that in 2010, there were more than 3.3 million reports of child abuse involving approximately 5.9 million children, the role of mandated reporters is critical. The most vulnerable group are infants, who have the highest incident rate of abuse, making the failure to report by those who are legally obliged to do so a serious offense.