22-5-4.2. Child abuse; report coordination; confirmation.
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A. A local school board shall adopt policies providing for the coordination and internal tracking of reports made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978. Such policies, however, shall not require any notification to school district personnel before the report is made to the offices listed in Subsection A of Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978. Such policies shall include measures to protect the identity of any alleged victims. No policy shall purport to relieve any person having a duty to report under Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978 from that duty.
B. After a report is made pursuant to Section 32A-4-3 NMSA 1978, the office receiving the notification shall notify the person making the report within five days after the report was made that the office is investigating the matter. Mailing a notice within five days shall constitute compliance with this subsection.
History: Laws 1985, ch. 94, § 1; 2021, ch. 94, § 3.