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Delaware Child Abuse Laws
More Information on Child Abuse Laws
| Code Section | 16§901, et seq. |
| What Constitutes Abuse | Physical injury through unjustified force, emotional abuse, criminally negligent treatment, sexual abuse, mal- or mistreatment, exploitation, abandonment, or torture |
| Mandatory Reporting Required By | Persons in healing arts (medicine, dentistry, psychologist), social worker, school employee, medical examiner, or any other person |
| Basis of Report of Abuse/neglect | Knows or reasonably suspects child abuse or neglect |
| To Whom Reported | Division of Family Services |
| Penalty for Failure to Report or False Reporting | Fined up to $1000 and/or jailed up to 15 days |
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