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What does SCAN stand for?

Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect


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One month later, Belcourt physicians started using the telemedicine program for cases of suspected child abuse and neglect on the reservation, providing images of kids' bruised and broken bodies to trained specialists who could validate such claims.
gov/general/ legal/statutes/) that provide links to state-specific information and statutes related to standards for filing reports of suspected child abuse and neglect.
He also established the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect team and in 1985 founded the Children's Burn Foundation to provide financial resources to children in need.
The mayor formed an independent task force to study the magnitude of the problem, and the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect team of physicians and nurse practitioners was formed.
The team, dubbed SCAN for Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect, will examine children to determine what injuries are the results of true accidents and which are abuse.
The proposed SCAN team - the acronym means Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect - would be trained to determine what injuries are the result of abuse, and which are the results of true accidents - thus avoid the emotionally wrenching removal of children from the homes of innocent parents.

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