---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 411.62"
title: "45"
number: "411.62"
heading: "Protection duties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/411.62"
---

# §411.62. Protection duties.


If a care provider facility employee, volunteer, or contractor reasonably believes that a UC is subject to substantial risk of imminent sexual abuse or sexual harassment, he or she must take immediate action to protect the UC.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15607 (d).

### Source

Source: 79 FR 77789, Dec. 24, 2014, unless otherwise noted.