Butte County Guide for Mandated Reporting

You have the ability to change the life of a child or elder by reporting suspected abuse. This page will provide you with information to help you report abuse if you should need to.

Who Reports?

child care providers
health practitioners
child protective agencies

clergy members

child/visitation monitors

animal control

therapists

employment staff workers

commercial film and photographic print processors

probation officers
group home staff
teachers
law enforcement
social workers
firefighters(non-voluntary)
dance instructors
coroner
investigators

What Are You Legally Mandated to Report?

You are required to report child abuse. The abuse may consist of:

physical abuse
severe or general neglect
mental suffering/emotional abuse
willful cruelty or corporal punishment of child resulting in injury
sexual abuse
child exploitation, child pornography and child prostitution

Criteria for Reporting

observation
reasonable suspicion
knowledge of abuse

Why Do You Report?

Child abuse tends to escalate in frequency and severity. You are required by law to report:

to protect the child
to comply with the law*
to get help for the family

*Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (Penal Code Sections 11165-11174)

Who Do You Report?

anyone who is abusing a child, which may include sexual abuse, neglect, extreme corporal punishment resulting in injury.

To Whom?

if life threatening or in immediate danger call: 911
any other suspected child abuse please call: Butte County Department of Social Services: 800-400-0902
report to law enforcement all incidents of abuse by a non-family member.
- Butte County Sheriff
  Oroville area:538-7321 Chico area:891-2711
- Chico Police 895-4900
- Oroville Police 538-2444
- Paradise Police 872-6241

How Do You Report?

A telephone report must be made immediately if there is reasonable suspicion that a child has been abused. A written report on a standard form (11166) must be submitted within 36 hours after the telephone report has been made.

Contact Info

Child Abuse Prevention Council
of Butte County
P.O. Box 569, Chico CA 95927
(530) 899-3318
buttecapc@gmail.com
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Prevent Child Abuse

The Council provides Mandated Reporter Trainings for people who work with children.

To report suspected child abuse or neglect in Butte County
call 1-(800) 400-0902