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Colorado Licensure Exam Study Guide Solutions
Records required to be kept and record retention (DORA) - ANSWER✔✔-SW must retain record for 7
years from the date of termination. I
Record information on record - ANSWER✔✔-name, phi, referral reason, mandatory disclosure
statement.
(5) Dates of service including, but not limited to the date of each contact with
client, the date on which services began, and the date of last contact with client;
(6) Types of service;
(7) Fees;
(8) Any release of information;
(9) The records must be prepared in a manner that allows any subsequent
provider to reasonably conclude what occurred;
(10) Name of any test administered, each date on which the test was
administered, and the name(s) of the person(s) administering the testInformation on each referral made
to and each consultation with another social worker or other health care provider. This information shall
include the date of the referral or consultation, the name of the person to whom the client was referred,
the name of the person with whom consultation was sought, the outcome (if known) of the referral, and
the outcome (if known) of the consultation;
(12) A final closing statement
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Record storage and transfer - ANSWER✔✔-Need clients consent to transfer and storage must be
confidentail and secure
Disposition of records - ANSWER✔✔-disability, illness, death, sale or transfer of practice, termination of
practice
Destroying records - ANSWER✔✔-Only after 7 years, all identifying information
Record Keeping in an agency - ANSWER✔✔-A social worker need not create and maintain separate client
records if the social worker practices in an agency or institutional setting and the social worker:
(1) Sees the client in the usual course of that practice;
(2) Keeps client records as required by the agency or institution; and
(3) The agency or institution maintains client records.
Reporting child abuse - ANSWER✔✔-reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been
subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or
conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such
information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the county department, the local law
enforcement agency, or through the child abuse reporting hotline system as set forth in section
Exceptions to reporting abuse - ANSWER✔✔-Learn of the suspected abuse or neglect until after the
alleged victim of the suspected abuse or neglect is eighteen years of age or older; and
(II) Have reasonable cause to know or suspect that the perpetrator of the suspected abuse or neglect:
(A) Has subjected any other child currently under eighteen years of age to abuse or neglect or to
circumstances or conditions that would likely result in abuse or neglect; or
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(B) Is currently in a position of trust, as defined in section 18-3-401 (3.5), C.R.S., with regard to any child
currently under eighteen years of age.
Elderly abuse reporting - ANSWER✔✔-n and after July 1, 2016, a person specified in paragraph (b) of this
subsection (1) who observes the mistreatment of an at-risk elder or an at-risk adult with IDD, or who has
reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk elder or an at-risk adult with IDD has been mistreated or is at
imminent risk of mistreatment, shall report such fact to a law enforcement agency not more than
twenty-four hours after making the observation or discovery.
Information to know in the report for elderly abuse - ANSWER✔✔-The name, age, address, and contact
information of the at-risk elder or at-risk adult with IDD;
(II) The name, age, address, and contact information of the person making the report;
(III) The name, age, address, and contact information of the caretaker of the at-risk elder or at-risk adult
with IDD, if any;
(IV) The name of the alleged perpetrator;
(V) The nature and extent of any injury, whether physical or financial, to the at-risk elder or at-risk adult
with IDD;
(VI) The nature and extent of the condition that required the report to be made; and
(VII) Any other pertinent information.
Consent for BH for minors - ANSWER✔✔-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a minor who is
fifteen years of age or older, whether with or without the consent of a parent or legal guardian, may
consent to receive mental health services to be rendered by a facility or by a professional person or
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