The agency shall provide specialized training to DHS or agency employees who serve as full- and part-time medical practitioners or full- and part-time mental health practitioners in immigration detention facilities where medical and mental health care is provided.
The training required by this section shall cover, at a minimum, the following topics:
How to detect and assess signs of sexual abuse;
How to respond effectively and professionally to victims of sexual abuse,
How and to whom to report allegations or suspicions of sexual abuse, and
How to preserve physical evidence of sexual abuse. If medical staff employed by the agency conduct forensic examinations, such medical staff shall receive the appropriate training to conduct such examinations.
The agency shall review and approve the facility's policy and procedures to ensure that facility medical staff is trained in procedures for examining and treating victims of sexual abuse, in facilities where medical staff may be assigned these activities.
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