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The Oregon Lawyer's Duty to Report Child and Elder Abuse

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Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
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58 minutes
Geordie Duckler
With Geordie Duckler from The Animal Law Practice
Recorded April 29, 2024
Product ID 99049

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Overview

Explore Your Reporting Responsibilities, Exceptions, and What-if Scenarios

What is the difference between abuse and reasonable discipline? Should you make reports based on second- or third-hand information? How do you balance your duty to report with your responsibilities to protect privileged or confidential client information? This program will spell out your abuse reporting obligations and dive into compelling dilemmas where the proper course of action is not so clear cut. Register today!

  • Clarify what child abuse is and what it is not.
  • Identify red flags for elder and vulnerable adult abuse.
  • Dive into various exceptions to the reporting requirement.
  • Discover how to make a proper report to the DHS and law enforcement.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Who Must Report & Penalties for False Reporting or Failure to Report
  2. What Constitutes Child Abuse? What is Reasonable Discipline?
  3. Threatened Harm/Expressed Intent
  4. Interpreting "Reasonable Cause" & "Good Faith"
  5. "Contact" Requirement & Handling Second- or Third-Hand Information
  6. Confidentiality, Privilege & Other Exceptions to the Reporting Requirement
  7. Defining Elder Abuse & Red Flags to Watch for
  8. How to Make a Report to the DHS & Law Enforcement
  9. Identifying & Reporting Abuse of People With Developmental Disabilities or Mental Illness
  10. After the Report: What if the Abuse Continues? What if Perpetrators Demand Contact?

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Product ID 99049

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Credit Status Total
Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
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  1. The Oregon Lawyer's Duty to Report Child and Elder Abuse

    1. Who Must Report & Penalties for False Reporting or Failure to Report
    2. What Constitutes Child Abuse? What is Reasonable Discipline?
    3. Threatened Harm/Expressed Intent
    4. Interpreting "Reasonable Cause" & "Good Faith"
    5. "Contact" Requirement & Handling Second- or Third-Hand Information
    6. Confidentiality, Privilege & Other Exceptions to the Reporting Requirement
    7. Defining Elder Abuse & Red Flags to Watch for
    8. How to Make a Report to the DHS & Law Enforcement
    9. Identifying & Reporting Abuse of People With Developmental Disabilities or Mental Illness
    10. After the Report: What if the Abuse Continues? What if Perpetrators Demand Contact?

Who Should Attend

This program is specially designed for Oregon attorneys. Other mandatory reporters and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Geordie Duckler
Geordie
Duckler
The Animal Law Practice
Speaker bio
Geordie Duckler

Geordie Duckler

The Animal Law Practice
Geordie Duckler

is an attorney at The Animal Law Practice, where he has been a trial attorney for more than 37 years, actively engaged in the litigation, defense, and trial of civil and criminal cases and appeals of all types across the country, in both state and federal court, specializing in animal law. As a popular lecturer, one of his many public presentations was "Dirty Litigation Tactics: How to Deal with the “Rambo” Litigator," a CLE he conducted for National Business Institute in Portland, Oregon in December of 2017. As a nationally known practitioner, Dr. Duckler has been profiled extensively in the media about his cases, including The Oregonian, The Tribune, Willamette Week, The National Law Journal, Court TV Radio, Geraldo, Newsweek, The New Yorker, and Bark. He has also been featured on National Public Radio, on the BBC, and in two National Geographic nature documentaries. Dr. Duckler earned double B.S. degrees from Oregon State University, his M.S. degree from University of Oregon, his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark, and his Ph.D. degree from University of California, Los Angeles.

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