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Alaska Child Abuse Laws
More Information on Child Abuse Laws
| Code Section | 47.17.010, et seq. |
| What Constitutes Abuse | Physical injury or neglect, mental injury (injury to emotional well-being or intellectual or psychological capacity of child as evidenced by an observable and substantial impairment on child's ability to function); sexual abuse/exploitation, maltreatment |
| Mandatory Reporting Required By | Practitioners of healing arts; school teachers; social workers; peace officers; child care providers; administrative officers of institutions; paid employees of counseling or crisis intervention programs; child fatality review teams |
| Basis of Report of Abuse/neglect | Have reasonable cause to suspect that child has suffered harm as a result of abuse or neglect |
| To Whom Reported | Department of Health and Social Services |
| Penalty for Failure to Report or False Reporting | Class B misdemeanor |
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