State v. Strauch

OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

The child abuse reporting requirement of the Abuse and Neglect Act in the New Mexico Children’s Code mandates that

[ejvery person, including a licensed physician; a resident or an intern examining, attending or treating a child; a law enforcement officer; a judge presiding during a proceeding; a registered nurse; a visiting nurse; a schoolteacher; a school official; a social worker acting in an official capacity; or a member of the clergy who has information that is not privileged as a matter of law, who knows or has a reasonable suspicion that a child is an abused or a…