Duncan v. State Department of Human Resources

ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

This appeal stems from an administrative hearing conducted by a hearing officer for the State Department of Human Resources (DHR). Dorothy Duncan, a day care worker employed by the Hillsboro Heights Baptist Church Day Care Center (Center), was found to have “eorporally/physically punished” two of the children in her care. The hearing officer found that such punishment was intentional and violated the Center’s policy, DHR rules, and the Alabama Child Care Act of 1971.

The hearing officer directed that the “indicated” dispositions of physical abuse on both children be…