Pretty much any role where you work frequently with children in an official capacity. School coaches and admin, camp counselors, etc are covered too in California.
Its a good question.
Sidestepping again, you must be a pretty good dancer. The point is, religions aren't free from any and all interference in their stupid as all fuck practices. There are always lines that cannot be crossed, regardless of our right to religious freedom. And the good news is, we, the people, get to define those lines if we want to.
Mandated reporters are people—like teachers, doctors, social workers, priests, childcare providers, and law enforcement—who have frequent and early access to children and are thus positioned to detect signs of abuse or neglect early. Your argument is absolutely irrelevant because neighbors aren't mandated reporters, and this is the reason for certain people being mandated reporters. Nothing ambiguous about it- it's codified in law and justifiably so.
See my other post for an explanation. It's not asinine at all, you just aren't understanding the system or my example.
These are PROFESSIONS who need special government licenses, regulation or work for government directly, they also have specialized training and ultimately one can choose not to work in any of those.
You are singling out practitioners of a religion and impose a duty on them that isn't applied to other private citizens just for practicing their religion, its not going to stand.
You don't even come close to understanding what I am saying or how this system works. It's not a hard concept- it has nothing to do with private citizens.
So what's the magical line? If your buddy commits a crime in your presence and you go along, but don't do anything and also don't turn him in, it's aiding and abetting, isn't it? If he tells you after the fact and you say nothing, you're off the hook. Sounds dumb to me. If someone confesses (let's say a "qualifying") crime to you as a private citizen, you should be required to report it. If you don't and you're somehow proven to have known about it, you should be punished. I don't see any problem with that, do you?
I think the things mandatory reporters are required to report is sufficient enough.
Huh?
Police, teachers, some individuals in the military (like myself) who hold specific billets, heath care professionals, social security, etc.
