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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2015 Abuse:µ7KHXQZULWWHQUXOHLVZKHQLQGRXEWUHSRUWLW¶ Continued from Page 1A :KDW PDQ\ SHRSOH GR QRW NQRZ LV WKHLU PDQGDWRU\ UH SRUWLQJ UHVSRQVLELOLW\ LV ZLWK WKHPKRXUVSHUGD\QRWMXVW DW ZRUN 0DQGDWRU\ UHSRUWHUV GRQRWKDYHWREHFRQYLQFHGRI DEXVHWKH\MXVWQHHGWRKDYHD ³UHDVRQDEOHEDVLVWREHOLHYH´D ORZVWDQGDUGWKDWXVXDOO\PHDQV HLWKHUVHHLQJRUKHDULQJEHOLHYHG DEXVH 7KHUHLVQRKDUPLQUHSRUWLQJ DQ LQFLGHQW WKDW HQGV XS EHLQJ XQIRXQGHG RU ZURQJ %URZQ VDLG3HQDOWLHVRQO\FRPHIURP QRW UHSRUWLQJ RU FRPSOHWHO\ PDNLQJXSDIDOVHUHSRUW ³7KHXQZULWWHQUXOHLVZKHQ LQGRXEWUHSRUWLW´%URZQVDLG Not the majority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³<RXFDQLPDJLQHKRZPDQ\ WKLQJVDUHWDNHQRIIWKHWDEOHDQG KRZWKHYLFWLPLVJRLQJWRIHHO IDFHGZLWKKHUDEXVHU´-RKQVWRQ HOW TO REPORT Oregon’s mandatory child abuse reporting law requires a large list of occupations to report possible child abuse. 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