§ 50-25.1-01 Purpose
§ 50-25.1-02 Definitions
§ 50-25.1-03 Persons required and permitted to report – To whom reported
§ 50-25.1-03.1 Photographs – X-rays – Medical tests
§ 50-25.1-04 Method of reporting
§ 50-25.1-04.1 State child protection team – How created – Duties
§ 50-25.1-04.2 Child fatality review panel
§ 50-25.1-04.3 Child fatality review panel – Duties
§ 50-25.1-04.4 Child fatality review panel – Access to records
§ 50-25.1-04.5 Child fatality review panel – Confidentiality of meetings, documentation, and reports
§ 50-25.1-05 Child protection assessment – Alternative response assessment – Family services assessment
§ 50-25.1-05.1 Child abuse or neglect assessment decision – How determined
§ 50-25.1-05.2 Report to the court – Entry of report in the child abuse information index
§ 50-25.1-05.3 Disposition of reports implicating a person not responsible for the child’s health or welfare
§ 50-25.1-05.4 Department to adopt rules for review of child protection assessment findings
§ 50-25.1-05.5 Child abuse information index – Establishment
§ 50-25.1-05.6 Interviews on school property
§ 50-25.1-06 Protective and other services to be provided
§ 50-25.1-07 Protective custody
§ 50-25.1-08 Guardian ad litem
§ 50-25.1-09 Immunity from liability
§ 50-25.1-09.1 Employer retaliation prohibited – Penalty
§ 50-25.1-10 Abrogation of privileged communications
§ 50-25.1-11 Confidentiality of records – Authorized disclosures
§ 50-25.1-11.1 Children’s advocacy centers – Confidentiality of records – Criminal history record checks
§ 50-25.1-12 Cooperation required
§ 50-25.1-13 Penalty for failure to report – Penalty and civil liability for false reports
§ 50-25.1-14 Unauthorized disclosure of reports – Penalty
§ 50-25.1-15 Abandoned infant – Approved location procedure – Reporting immunity
§ 50-25.1-16 Prenatal exposure to controlled substances – Reporting requirements
§ 50-25.1-17 Toxicology testing – Requirements
§ 50-25.1-18 Prenatal exposure to alcohol misuse – Reporting requirements
§ 50-25.1-19 Child protective services duties – Training requirements
§ 50-25.1-20 Alternative response assessment – Compliance
§ 50-25.1-21 Alternative response assessment – Services
§ 50-25.1-22 Family services assessment – Compliance
§ 50-25.1-23 Family services assessment – Services
§ 50-25.1-24 Evidence-based screening tool records – Confidentiality – Admissibility – Privileged
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 50-25.1 - Child Abuse and Neglect

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33