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CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION ANDREPORTINGAdministrative RegulationsAR 603.7Page 7 of 9Peace officers shall be asked to sign an appropriate release or acceptance of responsibility form.The Superintendent or designee will make an appropriate form available for use in District schools.(cf. BP 601.5 – Questioning and Apprehension)Confidentiality of the Identity of a Mandated ReporterPursuant to Penal Code Section 11167, Subsection (d)(1), the identity of all persons who reportunder the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act shall be confidential and disclosed only asfollows: (a) only among agencies receiving or investigating mandated reports; (b) to the districtattorney in a criminal prosecution; (c) to a district attorney in an action initiated under Section 602of the Welfare and Institutions Code (wards, minors violating laws defining crime) arising fromalleged child abuse; (d) to counsel appointed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 317 of theWelfare and Institutions Code; (e) to the county counsel or district attorney in a proceeding underFamily Code Section 7800 et. seq. (termination of parental rights) or Welfare and Institutions CodeSection 300 (dependent children); (f) to a licensing agency when abuse or neglect in out-of-homecare is reasonably suspected; (g) when the reporter waives confidentiality; or (h) by court order.Confidentiality of the Investigative Reports of Suspected Child Abuse andNeglectRequired reports of suspected child abuse/neglect and the information contained in those reportsare confidential and may be disclosed only to persons or agencies to whom disclosure of theidentity of the reporting party is legally permitted (see above section entitled “Confidentiality ofthe Identity of a Mandated Reporter”) and other agencies specified in applicable law to have accessto the report such as specified health care professionals, specified law enforcement agencies, andthe chairperson of a county child death review team (Penal Code Section 11167.5).Parent/Guardian ComplaintsUpon request, the Superintendent or designee shall provide parents/guardians with a copy of thisadministrative regulation which contains procedures for reporting suspected child abuse occurringat a school site to appropriate agencies. For parents/guardians whose primary language is notEnglish, such administrative regulation shall be in their primary language and, whencommunicating orally regarding those procedures, an interpreter shall be provided.