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California Penal Code Section 11166.1

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(a) When an agency receives a report pursuant to Section
11166 that contains either of the following, it shall, within 24
hours, notify the licensing office with jurisdiction over the
facility:
   (1) A report of abuse alleged to have occurred in facilities
licensed to care for children by the State Department of Social
Services.
   (2) A report of the death of a child who was, at the time of
death, living at, enrolled in, or regularly attending a facility
licensed to care for children by the State Department of Social
Services, unless the circumstances of the child's death are clearly
unrelated to the child's care at the facility.
   The agency shall send the licensing agency a copy of its
investigation and any other pertinent materials.
   (b) Any employee of an agency specified in Section 11165.9 who has
knowledge of, or observes in his or her professional capacity or
within the scope of his or her employment, a child in protective
custody whom he or she knows or reasonably suspects has been the
victim of child abuse or neglect shall, within 36 hours, send or have
sent to the attorney who represents the child in dependency court, a
copy of the report prepared in accordance with Section 11166.  The
agency shall maintain a copy of the written report.  All information
requested by the attorney for the child or the child's guardian ad
litem shall be provided by the agency within 30 days of the request.

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