The child was asked if shd had ever been touched... the child responded "no." There is no evidence or reason to believe the child was abused. If the nurse still had evidence to believe otherwise then the nurse should have called CPS or the police. Under the current circumstances, the nurse should have called the parents and recommended she be taken to a DOCTOR and given an exam.
Drumming up unsubstantiated charges of child abuse, or worse violating a 6 year old girl is uncalled for.... If it was my child this happened to, a lawsuit would be the least of the nurse's trouble.
But, homeschooling negates this problem before it starts.
And FL, the LEGISLATURE writes the laws.... the courts decide the case within the meetsand bounds of those laws. But, it is still the LEGISLATURE that wrote law (defines if you will).
I think that the Scotsman thought you were defending a school nurse examining a 6 year old without parental consent, or if the nurse felt it was warranted without contacting the authorities... I hope this isn't your position.
“And FL, the LEGISLATURE writes the laws.... the courts decide the case within the meetsand bounds of those laws. But, it is still the LEGISLATURE that wrote law (defines if you will).
I think that the Scotsman thought you were defending a school nurse examining a 6 year old without parental consent, or if the nurse felt it was warranted without contacting the authorities... I hope this isn’t your position.”
I didn’t mean to be flippant about the courts defining abuse. It was a criticism of bureaucracy and a stating of fact of how confusing it can all be.
I had thought my original post was clear. This nurse stepped WAY beyond her scope of practice. But, the Legislature is NOT clear on what the terms define when they define abuse.It is a judgement call and my only concern is the safety of my clients. It is not up to a nurse to derive from collected data WHO might be abusing him/her or even if actual abuse has taken place.
I guess I just wanted to explain that this nurse may have had honorable and noble intentions and wanted to confirm something BEFORE reporting it. She was 100% WRONG to do it.
Correct.