260E.09 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) An oral report shall be made immediately by telephone or otherwise. An oral report made by a person required under section 260E.06, subdivision 1, to report shall be followed within 72 hours, exclusive of weekends and holidays, by a report in writing to the appropriate police department, the county sheriff, the agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report, or the local welfare agency.

(b) Any report shall be of sufficient content to identify the child, any person believed to be responsible for the maltreatment of the child if the person is known, the nature and extent of the maltreatment, and the name and address of the reporter. The local welfare agency or agency responsible for assessing or investigating the report shall accept a report made under section 260E.06 notwithstanding refusal by a reporter to provide the reporter’s name or address as long as the report is otherwise sufficient under this paragraph. The local welfare agency shall ask the reporter if the reporter is aware of the child’s heritage, including the child’s Tribal lineage pursuant to section 260.761 and the child’s race, culture, and ethnicity pursuant to section 260.63, subdivision 10.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), upon implementation of the provider licensing and reporting hub, an individual who has an account with the provider licensing and reporting hub and is required to report suspected maltreatment at a licensed program under section 260E.06, subdivision 1, may submit a written report in the hub in a manner prescribed by the commissioner and is not required to make an oral report. A report submitted through the provider licensing and reporting hub must be made immediately.

History:

1Sp2020 c 2 art 7 s 9; 2023 c 70 art 8 s 61; 1Sp2025 c 3 art 10 s 32

History: History: 1Sp2020 c 2 art 7 s 9; 2023 c 70 art 8 s 61; 1Sp2025 c 3 art 10 s 32