Children and Adolescents Category

California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act: California Penal Codes

2 CE Hours
311 members have taken this course

About the Course

This course provides guidelines specific to child abuse and neglect reporting laws in the State of California. The actual penal codes pertaining to child abuse and neglect reporting are used as the basis for this course. It provides information relevant to all health care practitioners who work with children.

This course is based on the reading online article, California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act: California Penal Codes created by State of California in 2019.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Updated 7/2/2019

Course Material Author

State of California

State of California authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Target Audience

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially California based psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about child abuse and neglect reporting regulations. It is appropriate for all levels of participants' knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Define child abuse and neglect.
  2. 2 Explain California's regulations regarding the reporting and handling of child abuse and neglect cases.
  3. 3 Apply child abuse statutes to work with children in health care and other settings.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$18

Course Details

2 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 100341

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2029.

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