{"137711":{"#nid":"137711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Review Updated Child Abuse Reporting Policy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn July 1, updated rules regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse go into effect that all Georgia Tech faculty, staff members and volunteers should be familiar with.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EState law will now require all employees or volunteers with reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused to report that abuse immediately to both the Tech police department (404-894-2500) and the reporting person\u2019s program director. \u201cReasonable cause\u201d is defined as a reason that would motivate a person of ordinary intelligence under the circumstances to believe abuse has occurred. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe updated law includes all employees and volunteers because Tech is a public organization that provides care, treatment, education, training, supervision, coaching, counseling, recreational programs and\/or shelter to children. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the updated policy, contact the Office of Legal Affairs at 404-894-4812 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:asklegal@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Easklegal@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn July 1, updated rules regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse go into effect that all Georgia Tech faculty, staff members and volunteers should be familiar with.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On July 1, updated rules regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse go into effect that all Georgia Tech faculty, staff members and volunteers should be familiar with."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2012-06-25 15:52:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:26","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"37221","name":"child abuse"},{"id":"37211","name":"child abuse reporting policies"},{"id":"10241","name":"legal affairs"},{"id":"10799","name":"office of legal affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:asklegal@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EOffice of Legal Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;404-894-4812\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}