Arkansas. In April of 2003 the Arkansas legislature amended the list of mandatory child abuse reporters to include ministers. The amendment added the following category to a long list of mandatory reporters: "(28) Any clergyman, which includes a minister, priest, rabbi, accredited Christian Science practitioner, or other similar functionary of a religious organization, or an individual reasonably believed to be so by the person consulting him or her, except to the extent he or she has acquired knowledge of suspected maltreatment through communications required to be kept confidential pursuant ...
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Child Abuse Reporting Laws Amended in Arkansas, Maine, and Vermont
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Children, Documentation, Legal Requirements, Mandatory Reporter, Pastoral Staff, Procedures, Protection Policy, Reporting Law, State Law, VictimsClergy and some other church officials are affected
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