Section 22-5-4.2 - Child abuse; report coordination; confirmation. - New Mexico Statutes

22-5-4.2. Child abuse; report coordination; confirmation.

A.     A local school board may adopt policies providing for the coordination and internal tracking of reports made by school district personnel pursuant to Section 32-1-15 NMSA 1978. Such policies, however, shall not require any notification to school district personnel before the report is made to one of the offices listed in Subsection A of that section. No policy shall purport to relieve any person having a duty to report under that section from that duty.   

B.     After a report is made to a county social services office of the human services department pursuant to Section 32-1-15 NMSA 1978, by any school district personnel, that office shall notify the person making the report within five days after the report was made that the office is investigating the matter. Mailing a notice within five days shall constitute compliance with this subsection.