45 CFR §411.34
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- (a)All medical and mental health care staff employed or contracted by care provider facilities must be specially trained, at a minimum, on the following:
- (1)How to detect and assess signs of sexual abuse and sexual harassment;
- (2)How to respond effectively and professionally to victims of sexual abuse and sexual harassment;
- (3)How and to whom to report allegations or suspicions of sexual abuse and sexual harassment; and
- (4)How to preserve physical evidence of sexual abuse. If medical staff conduct forensic examinations, such medical staff must receive training to conduct such examinations.
- (b)Care provider facilities must document that medical and mental health practitioners employed or contracted by the care provider facility received the training referenced in this section.
- (c)Medical and mental health practitioners employed or contracted by the care provider facility also must receive the training mandated for employees under § 411.31 or for contractors and volunteers under § 411.32, depending on the practitioner's status at the care provider facility.