Statutes | Hoh Indian Tribe Law and Order Code Title 9 ยง 1.19 | 2020
A. Any physician, nurse, school teacher, psychologist, social worker, probation officer, community health representative, or any other person knowing or suspecting that domestic violence is occurring and believes the victim is at imminent risk shall report the matter orally and immediately by telephone or otherwise to the Hoh Tribal Police Department or Public Safety Officer.
B. Any person, including individuals corporations, governmental entities and their agents, who in good faith makes or participates in the making of the report pursuant to this section shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise arise from making that report, and shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any court proceeding resulting from such a report.
C. Any person who shall make a report of domestic violence knowing that the facts reported are false or misleading, and the report causes the arrest of the person identified in the report, shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to confinement not to exceed six months and/or to a fine not to exceed $500 or both such confinement and fine.
D. Any person who shall make a report of domestic violence knowing that the facts reported are false or misleading may, after notice and hearing, be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.
E. Any person subject to mandatory reporting who fails, neglects, or refuses to report acts of domestic violence against a vulnerable victim known to him/her may, after notice and hearing, be assessed a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500.