The Sixteen Seconds
It notes that the child, on direct questioning with the accompanying adult out of the room, stated she had been hit by a truck.
It notes the time she reported the injury occurring.
And it closes with the sentence: Report made per Texas Family Code 261.101.
Transfer arranged.
That is a mandatory report.
Every physician, nurse, teacher and childcare worker in Texas is required by law to make one within forty-eight hours when they have cause to believe a child has been harmed, and they are required to make it personally, and they may not delegate it to an institution.
Dr.