Hospitals, etc., to report cases of child abuse

Any person in charge and control of any public or private hospital, medical clinic or any other similar medical institution, or any physician, nurse or other medical personnel who attends a child exhibiting signs of child abuse, shall henceforth promptly and without undue delay, after conducting a medical examination and treatment of the child, and on being professionally satisfied that the child seems to have suffered Families and Children 9 from child abuse, report such abuse in writing to the Belize Police Department or to the Department for investigation.