Health Care Provider Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence to Law Enforcement in San Francisco

Health Care Provider Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence to Law Enforcement in San Francisco

California Penal Code section 11160 requires health care practitioners who provide medical services for a wound or physical injury inflicted as result of assaultive or abusive conduct, or by means of a firearm, to report that incident by phone, and in writing, to local law enforcement. 

San Francisco County has developed a local form and protocols on how health care providers should report these incidents, and how the San Francisco Police Department will respond.

 

Health Care Providers:

PDF iconUse this form to report Suspicious Injury Report, Cal OES 2-920 and San Francisco Supplement

Health Care Provider DV Form Graphic

 

PDF iconView this flow chart to understand the system flow

Health Care Response Flowchart Graphic

 

PDF iconSpecial Victims Unit Protocol Upon Receiving a Health Care Provider Suspicious Injury Report

 

PDF iconDepartment of Emergency Training Bulletin on Prioritization of Suspicious Injury Calls from Hospitals

 

PDF iconFact Sheet for Patients on Mandatory Reporting of Suspicious Injuries