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New Jersey Child Abuse Laws
More Information on Child Abuse Laws
| Code Section | 9:6-8.9, et seq. |
| What Constitutes Abuse | Physical injury by other than accidental means; causing substantial risk of death or serious disfigurement or protracted impairment of physical or emotional health; sexual abuse or acts of sexual abuse; willful abandonment; willful isolation of ordinary social contact to indicate emotional or social deprivation; inappropriate placement in institution; neglect by not supplying adequate care, necessaries or supervision |
| Mandatory Reporting Required By | Any person |
| Basis of Report of Abuse/neglect | Having reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to child abuse or acts of child abuse |
| To Whom Reported | Division of Youth and Family Services (they also maintain a 24-hour hotline) in Department of Human Services |
| Penalty for Failure to Report or False Reporting | Knowing violation: disorderly person |
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