- (A) The Department of Social Services Protective Services shall inform all persons required to report pursuant to Section 63-7-310(A) of the nature, problem, and extent of child abuse and neglect and of their duties and responsibilities in accordance with this article. The department also, on a continuing basis, shall conduct training programs for department staff and appropriate training for persons required to report pursuant to Section 63-7-310(A).
- (B) The department, on a continuing basis, shall inform the public of the nature, problem, and extent of the child abuse and neglect and of the remedial and therapeutic services available to children and their families. The department shall encourage families to seek help consistent with Section 63-7-30.
- (C) The department, on a continuing basis, shall actively publicize the appropriate telephone numbers to receive reports of suspected child abuse and neglect, including the twenty-four hour, statewide, toll-free telephone service and respective numbers of the county department offices.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, Section 2; 2018 Act No. 222 (H.4705), Section 2, eff May 18, 2018.
Effect of Amendment
2018 Act No. 222, Section 2, in (A), substituted "pursuant to Section 63-7-310(A)" for "under this subarticle" in two places.
Subarticle 3
Emergency Protective Custody
DERIVATION TABLE
Showing the sections in former Chapter 7, Title 20 from which the sections in this subarticle were derived.
New
Section
Former
Section
63-7-610
20-7-612
63-7-620
20-7-610(A),(B)
63-7-630
20-7-610(C)
63-7-640
20-7-610(D)
63-7-650
20-7-610(E)
63-7-660
20-7-610(F)
63-7-670
20-7-610(G)
63-7-680
20-7-610(H)
63-7-690
20-7-610(I)
63-7-700
20-7-610(J)-(L)
63-7-710
20-7-610(M)
63-7-720
20-7-610(N)
63-7-730
20-7-610(O)
63-7-740
20-7-610(P),(Q)
63-7-750
20-7-618
63-7-760
20-7-610(R)