Title: Identify the legal requirement to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a client.
Course: Medication Aide (14051-36) > Section: Examining Legal and Ethical Issues in Medication Management

Identification should include

- definitions of abuse, neglect, exploitation/misappropriation, and abandonment
- those for whom mandated reporting is Virginia law (Code of Virginia Title 63.2-1606.A [https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title63.2/chapter16/section63.2-1606/])
- specific facts that are mandated to report (e.g., age, identity, circumstances)
- where to make a report
- responsibilities to report suspected abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, or other criminal activity that puts someone in danger of death or harm
- rights of the person reporting
- penalty for failure to report.

See VBON student handouts 1.1A—1.4A

Process/Skill Questions:

- What measures does an MA take to protect a client from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- To whom does an MA report instances of abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- Where and how does an MA document abuse, mistreatment, and neglect?
- What does freedom from retribution mean?