Massachusetts law defines the following professionals as mandated reporters:
- Physicians, medical interns, hospital personnel engaged in the examination, care, or treatment of people, medical examiners;
- Emergency Medical Technicians, dentists, nurses, chiropractors, podiatrists, optometrists, osteopaths;
- Public and private school teachers, educational administrators, guidance or family counselors;
- Early education, preschool, child care or after-school program staff, including any person paid to care for, or work with, a child in any public or private facility, home or program funded or licensed by the Commonwealth, which provides child care or residential services. This includes child care resource and referral agencies, as well as voucher management agencies, family child care, and child care food programs;
- Childcare licensors, such as staff from the Department of Early Education and Care;
- Social workers, foster parents, probation officers, clerk magistrates of the district courts, and parole officers;
- Firefighters and police officers;
- School attendance officers, allied mental health, and licensed human services professionals;
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, drug and alcoholism counselors;
- Clergy members, including ordained or licensed leaders of any church or religious body, people performing official duties on behalf of a church or religious body, or people employed by a religious body to supervise, educate, coach, train, or counsel a child on a regular basis; and
- The Child Advocate.
If you suspect a patient is in immediate danger, call 911.