If a person is required to report abuse because that person attends to a child, as a member of the staff of a hospital, school, social agency, or similar facility, that person must notify the person in charge of the facility or the designated delegate who then must report the abuse. A staff member who makes a report to the person designated is deemed to have fully complied with the law. 

Any other person who has reasonable cause to believe that a child is abused may report. 

An oral report must be made as soon as possible by telephone to DFCS Protective Services, which is designated by the Department of Human Resources, or to an appropriate law enforcement authority or district attorney. If a report of child abuse is made by DFCS or independently discovered by DFCS, then DFCS must immediately notify the appropriate law enforcement authority or district attorney.

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