Domestic violence and child abuse reporting code

As a healthcare provider, we may encounter victims of domestic violence or child abuse in our practice. That entails extra care. The government developed the Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Reporting Code for this purpose. Since 2013, professionals, including exercise therapists, have been required by law to use this reporting code in case of signs of violence. The reporting code describes in a number of steps what a general practitioner, teacher, nurse, childcare supervisor or care provider should do if violence is suspected. The VVOCM has drawn up its own reporting code on which our child abuse reporting code is based.