Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1981-003 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 38-717 imposes a duty on specified classes of persons involved in medical or health-related professions to report suspected cases of physical or mental abuse or neglect which involve children under the age of 18 whom they have examined, attended or treated. The statutory duty would not be imposed in the case where information regarding the suspected abuse was obtained from an indirect source (i.̲e̲.̲ a parent or other individual), although the statute does make reporting in such situations discretionary. However, a failure to act, even in situations made discretionary by statute, could create the potential for liability in tort should further injury result. Cited herein: K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 38-716, 38-717.