CHILD-ABUSE AND -NEGLECT REPORTING STATUTE

child-abuse and -neglect reporting statute. Family law. A state law requiring certain persons, among them healthcare providers, teachers, and child-care workers, to report suspected child abuse. • By 1967, every state had adopted some form of reporting statute. In the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 USCA §§ 5101–5157), Congress provided federal funding for […]