§ 422-c. Establishment of the child abuse medical provider program
(CHAMP). 1. The child abuse medical provider program shall be
established by the office of children and family services and operated
by the child abuse referral and evaluation (CARE) program of the SUNY
Upstate medical university, provided other similarly qualified
organizations may also operate a CHAMP program, to improve access to
quality medical care for suspected child abuse victims by providing
training in the assessment and diagnostic skills for medical providers
to identify and treat child abuse victims and by developing and
providing continuing education and mentoring to certain persons mandated
to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to section four
hundred thirteen of this title. CHAMP shall be a network of expert child
abuse medical professionals, that provides a comprehensive source of
child abuse information that offers resources and educational tools
created to assist and educate mandated reporters in the identification
of child abuse and maltreatment.

2. The CHAMP program shall provide information, training and mentoring
on child abuse or neglect to certain persons mandated to report
suspected child abuse or maltreatment pursuant to section four hundred
thirteen of this title, and may include, but not be limited to:

(a) distant learning;

(b) a web based curriculum;

(c) video conferencing;

(d) workshops;

(e) mailings;

(f) self-study courses;

(g) continued learning through case conferences and peer review; and

(h) direct training of medical providers.