§ 422-C — Establishment of the child abuse medical provider program (CHAMP)

New York § 422-C

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law SOS: Social Services
• Title 6: Child Protective Services
• Art. 6: Children

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§ 422-c. Establishment of the child abuse medical provider program\n(CHAMP). 1. The child abuse medical provider program shall be\nestablished by the office of children and family services and operated\nby the child abuse referral and evaluation (CARE) program of the SUNY\nUpstate medical university, provided other similarly qualified\norganizations may also operate a CHAMP program, to improve access to\nquality medical care for suspected child abuse victims by providing\ntraining in the assessment and diagnostic skills for medical providers\nto identify and treat child abuse victims and by developing and\nproviding continuing education and mentoring to certain persons mandated\nto report suspected child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to section four\nhundred thirteen of this title. CHAMP shall be a network of expert child\nabuse medical professionals, that provides a comprehensive source of\nchild abuse information that offers resources and educational tools\ncreated to assist and educate mandated reporters in the identification\nof child abuse and maltreatment.\n 2. The CHAMP program shall provide information, training and mentoring\non child abuse or neglect to certain persons mandated to report\nsuspected child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to section four hundred\nthirteen of this title, and may include, but not be limited to:\n (a) distant learning;\n (b) a web based curriculum;\n (c) video conferencing;\n (d) workshops;\n (e) mailings;\n (f) self-study courses;\n (g) continued learning through case conferences and peer review; and\n (h) direct training of medical providers.\n