ARTICLE 2.5. Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act

Heading of Article 2.5 amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1444, Sec. 1.

§§ 11164–11174.3 · 37 sections

§ 11164 (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. (b) The intent and purpose of this article is to protect…
§ 11165 As used in this article “child” means a person under the age of 18 years.
§ 11165.1 As used in this article, “sexual abuse” means sexual assault or sexual exploitation as defined by the following: (a) “Sexual assault” means conduct in…
§ 11165.2 As used in this article, “neglect” means the negligent treatment or the maltreatment of a child by a person responsible for the child’s welfare under…
§ 11165.3 As used in this article, “the willful harming or injuring of a child or the endangering of the person or health of a child,” means a situation in which any…
§ 11165.4 As used in this article, “unlawful corporal punishment or injury” means a situation where any person willfully inflicts upon any child any cruel or inhuman…
§ 11165.5 As used in this article, the term “abuse or neglect in out-of-home care” includes physical injury or death inflicted upon a child by another person by other…
§ 11165.6 As used in this article, the term “child abuse or neglect” includes physical injury or death inflicted by other than accidental means upon a child by another…
§ 11165.7 (a) As used in this article, “mandated reporter” is defined as any of the following: (1) An employee, volunteer, or governing board or body member of a school…
§ 11165.9 Reports of suspected child abuse or neglect shall be made by mandated reporters, or in the case of reports pursuant to Section 11166.05, may be made, to any…
§ 11165.11 As used in this article, “licensing agency” means the State Department of Social Services office responsible for the licensing and enforcement of the…
§ 11165.12 As used in this article, the following definitions shall control: (a) “Unfounded report” means a report that is determined by the investigator who conducted…
§ 11165.13 For purposes of this article, a positive toxicology screen at the time of the delivery of an infant is not in and of itself a sufficient basis for reporting…
§ 11165.14 The appropriate local law enforcement agency shall investigate a child abuse complaint filed by a parent or guardian of a pupil with a school or an agency…
§ 11165.15 For the purposes of this article, the fact that a child is homeless or is classified as an unaccompanied youth, as defined in Section 11434a of the federal…
§ 11166 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), and in Section 11166.05, a mandated reporter shall make a report to an agency specified in Section 11165.9 whenever…
§ 11166.01 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any supervisor or administrator who violates paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 11166 shall be punished by…
§ 11166.02 (a) A county welfare agency, in accordance with Section 10612.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, may develop a program for internet-based reporting of…
§ 11166.05 Any mandated reporter who has knowledge of or who reasonably suspects that a child is suffering serious emotional damage or is at a substantial risk of…
§ 11166.1 (a) (1) When an agency receives a report pursuant to Section 11166 that contains either of the following, it shall, within 24 hours, notify the licensing…
§ 11166.2 In addition to the reports required under Section 11166, any agency specified in Section 11165.9 shall immediately or as soon as practically possible report by…
§ 11166.3 (a) The Legislature intends that in each county the law enforcement agencies and the county welfare or probation department shall develop and implement…
§ 11166.4 (a) Each county may use a children’s advocacy center to implement a coordinated multidisciplinary response pursuant to Section 18961.7 of the Welfare and…
§ 11166.5 (a) On and after January 1, 1985, any mandated reporter as specified in Section 11165.7, with the exception of child visitation monitors, prior to commencing…
§ 11167 (a) Reports of known or reasonably suspected child abuse or neglect pursuant to Section 11166 or Section 11166.05 shall include the name, business address, and…
§ 11167.5 (a) The reports required by Sections 11166 and 11166.2, or authorized by Section 11166.05, and child abuse or neglect investigative reports that result in a…
§ 11168 The written reports required by Section 11166 shall be submitted on forms adopted by the Department of Justice after consultation with representatives of the…
§ 11169 (a) An agency specified in Section 11165.9 shall forward to the Department of Justice a report in writing of every case it investigates of known or suspected…
§ 11170 (a) (1) The Department of Justice shall maintain an index of all reports of child abuse and severe neglect submitted pursuant to Section 11169. The index shall…
§ 11170.5 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 11170, the Department of Justice shall make available to a licensed adoption agency, as defined…
§ 11171 (a) (1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that adequate protection of victims of child physical abuse or neglect has been hampered by the lack of…
§ 11171.2 (a) A physician and surgeon or dentist or their agents and by their direction may take skeletal X-rays of the child without the consent of the child’s parent…
§ 11171.5 (a) If a peace officer, in the course of an investigation of child abuse or neglect, has reasonable cause to believe that the child has been the victim of…
§ 11172 (a) No mandated reporter shall be civilly or criminally liable for any report required or authorized by this article, and this immunity shall apply even if the…
§ 11174 The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the State Department of Social Services, shall prescribe by regulation guidelines for the investigation of abuse…
§ 11174.1 (a) The Department of Justice, in cooperation with the State Department of Social Services, shall prescribe by regulation guidelines for the investigation of…
§ 11174.3 (a) Whenever a representative of a government agency investigating suspected child abuse or neglect or the State Department of Social Services deems it…