Reason to suspect definition
Reason to suspect means anytime anyone believes or has a hint or a clue, a child is, or has been, a victim of abuse or neglect. A reporter may have “reason to suspect” when there is a discrepant or inconsistent history in explaining a child’s injury. An example of a discrepant history would be a situation in which a parent or caregiver of a child describes the injury as accidental, but bruises are on multiple areas of the body and
Reason to suspect means it is possible that an incident of sexual or physical assault occurred. Possible means that, based on information readily obtained from various sources, the incident could have happened.
Reason to suspect means an articulable belief that an employee possesses or uses drugs or alcohol at the workplace, is intoxicated or impaired by drugs (including alcohol), based on specific and particularized facts and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts in light of experience.
More Definitions of Reason to suspect
Reason to suspect means an articulable belief that an employee possesses or uses drugs on or off the job or alcohol at the workplace, is intoxicated or impaired by drugs or alcohol, based on specific and particularized facts and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts in light of experience.
Reason to suspect means anytime anyone believes or has a hint, or a clue, a child is, or has been a victim of abuse or neglect. A reporter may have “reason to suspect” when there is a discrepant or inconsistent history in explaining a child’s injury. An example of a discrepant history would be a situation in which a parent or caregiver of a child describes the injury as accidental, but bruises are on multiple areas of the body and in various stages of healing, indicating they were imposed at different times and were a result of more than one incident as opposed to a single accidental injury. Consider whether the description of how the injury occurred seems likely. If the injury is accidental, there should be a reasonable explanation of how it happened which is consistent with the severity, type and location of the injury. When the description of how the injury occurred and the appearance of the injury do not seem related, there is cause for concern (“a reason to suspect”).
Reason to suspect means an articulable belief that an employee possesses or uses drugs or alcohol at the workplace, is intoxicated or impaired by drugs or alcohol, based on specific and particularized facts and reasonable inferences drawn from those facts in light of experience.
Reason to suspect or “reasonable suspicion” means a standard that is higher than a guess, but lower than reason to believe, and under which there are some articulable facts or circumstances that would lead a reasonable person to suspect that a condition may exist or an event may occur.
Reason to suspect means anytime anyone believes a child is or has been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect. A reporter may have “reason to suspect” when there is a discrepant or inconsistent history in explaining a child’s injury. Consider whether the description of how the injury occurred seems likely. If the injury is accidental, there should be a reasonable explanation of how it happened that is consistent with the severity, type and location of the injury. When the description of how the injury occurred and the appearance of the injury do not seem related, there is cause for concern (“a reason to suspect”).
Reason to suspect means anytime anyone believes or has a hint or a clue, a child is, or has been, a victim of abuse or neglect. A reporter may have “reason to suspect” when there is a discrepant or inconsistent history in explaining a child’s injury. An example of a discrepant history would be a situation in which a parent or caregiver of a child describes the injury as accidental, but bruises are on multiple areas of the body and in various stages of healing, indicating the child was imposed at different times and there was more than one incident as opposed to a single accidental injury.