NYS Mandated Reporter Training for Osteopathic Physicians (2 AOA Category 1-A Credits)

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify which New York professionals, including Osteopathic Physicians, are mandated reporters under Social Services Law § 413 and apply the "reasonable cause to suspect" threshold for reporting.

• Recognize the physical, behavioral, and environmental indicators of child abuse and maltreatment, including emotional abuse and concerns arising in virtual or telehealth interactions.

• Apply protocols and guidance for identifying abused or maltreated children with intellectual or developmental disabilities, as required by Chapter 25 of the Laws of 2024.

• Explain how adverse childhood experiences and trauma affect presentation and why they matter to reporting decisions.

• Assess how implicit bias can influence mandated reporting decisions in clinical scenarios and apply strategies to reduce it.

• Describe the mandated reporter's legal protections, liabilities, and confidentiality obligations under New York law.

• Demonstrate objective documentation and the correct procedure for reporting to the New York Statewide Central Register, including what happens after a report is made.

New York mandated reporter training requirements for osteopathic physicians

Who must complete it: DOs licensed by the New York State are mandated reporters under Social Services Law § 413 and must complete approved coursework in identifying and reporting child abuse and maltreatment. How often: once for initial licensure. Physicians trained under the old curriculum must have completed the updated training (Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2021) by April 1, 2025; this course meets the updated standard. Course length: 2 hours, fully online and self-paced. Credit: 2.0 AOA Category 1-A credits. Counts toward New York's CME requirement for DOs and toward AOA CME. Approval: AchieveCE is a NYSED-approved provider of coursework in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. Certificate: issued immediately on completion, in the format NYSED accepts with your license application or renewal. MDs, PAs, nurses, and dental professionals (among other health professionals): take the [standard CE & CME version of this course] instead.

About this course This course satisfies the New York State Education Department requirement for coursework in the Mandated Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect. It follows the curriculum as amended by both Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2021 and Chapter 25 of the Laws of 2024, so completing it puts you in full compliance ahead of the November 17, 2026 deadline in a single sitting.

You will work through the "reasonable cause to suspect" standard, physical and behavioral indicators of abuse and maltreatment, and the indicators that present differently in children with intellectual or developmental disabilities, where communication barriers, dependence on caregivers, and behaviors that get attributed to the disability itself cause abuse to go unreported. The course also covers implicit bias in reporting decisions, adverse childhood experiences, recognizing abuse in virtual and telehealth encounters, the mandated reporter's legal protections and liabilities, how to make a report to the Statewide Central Register, what happens after a report is made, and the misunderstandings that most often keep Osteopathic Phyicians from reporting. Case scenarios from hospital, clinical and practice settings.