State Child Abuse and Neglect
Reporting Standards
Reporting Standards
Alabama - a report is required when circumstances indicate harm or threatened harm to a
child's health or welfare.
Alaska - a report is required when circumstances indicate that the child's health or welfare
is harmed or threatened with harm.
Arizona - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts or allows another person to inflict injury on a child
- is unable or unwilling to protect the child
Arkansas - abuse is any intentional or knowing acts, with physical injury and without
justifiable cause.
California - a report is required when a parent:
- willfully causes or permits harm to the child
- has inflicted by nonaccidental means injury on the child
Colorado - a report is required when a responsible person's acts or omissions threaten the
child's health or welfare.
Connecticut - a report is required when the child suffers from an injury inflicted by
nonaccidental means or has been subjected to conditions that are injurious to his or her
well-being.
Delaware - a report is required when a child is harmed by injury through unjustified force or
a parent's failure to provide.
District of Columbia - a report is required when a parent inflicts harm on a child or fails to
make reasonable efforts to prevent harm.
Florida - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts harm on the child or allows harm to be inflicted
- negligently fails to protect the child
- willfully acts or threatens to act to harm the child
Georgia - a report is required when the child suffers from an injury that was inflicted by
nonaccidental means.
Hawaii - a report is required when the child is subjected to harm or substantial risk of harm.
Idaho - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be inflicted harm to the child
- creates a substantial risk of injury
- commits or allows to be committed a sexual offense against the child.
Indiana - a report is required when the parents:
-inability or refusal to provide care for the child results in harm
- acts or omission results in harm
Iowa - a report is required when the acts or omissions of the parent or responsible person
results i harm to the child.
Kansas - a report is required when the acts or omissions of the parent result in harm to the
child.
Kentucky - a report is required when the child is harmed or threatened with harm results in
harm to the child.
Louisiana - a report is required when the child's health and safety are seriously
endangered.
Maine - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is threatened or in danger of
serious harm.
Maryland - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is threatened or in danger
of serious harm.
Massachusetts - a report is required when a child is subjected to harm or substantial risk
of harm.
Michigan - a report is Required when a child is subjected to harm or threatened harm.
Minnesota - a report is required when the child is subjected to harm or threatened injury.
Mississippi - a report is required when the parent has caused or allowed to be abused
harm to the child.
Missouri - a report is required when it appears that the child suffers from injury inflicted by
other than accidental means.
Montana - a report must be made when a parent's willful or intentional acts or omissions
result in harm or threatened harm to the child.
Nebraska - a report is required when a child has been knowingly, intentionally, or
negligently harmed.
Nevada - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
New Hampshire - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or
threatened with harm.
New Jersey - a report is required when a child's physical, mental, or emotional condition
has been impaired or is in imminent risk of impairment.
New Mexico - a report is required when the child's life or health is endangered.
New York - a report is required when a child has been subjected to harm or a substantial
risk of harm.
North Carolina - no reporting standards given.
North Dakota -a report is required when a child is suffering from serious harm.
Ohio - a report is required when the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
Oklahoma - a report is required when a child's health, safety, or welfare is harmed or
threatened with harm.
Oregon - a report is required when a child is harmed, threatened with harm, or at
substantial risk of harm.
Pennsylvania - a report is required when a parent's recent act or failure to act causes
serious injury or imminent risk of serious injury to the child.
Rhode Island - a report is required when the child's physical or mental health is harmed or
threatened with harm.
South Carolina - a report is required when the child's physical or mental health is harmed
or threatened with harm.
South Dakota - a report is required when a child is threatened with substantial harm.
Tennessee - a report is required when the child suffers from or is in immediate danger of
suffering injury.
Texas - a report is required when the child suffers from substantial harm or a genuine threat
of substantial harm.
Utah - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
Vermont - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or at substantial
risk of harm.
Virginia - a report is required when the child is injured or at substantial risk of impairment.
Washington - a report is required when the child's health, welfare, and safety are harmed.
West Virginia - a report is required when the child's health and welfare are harmed or
threatened with harm.
Wisconsin - a report is required when there is harm or a risk of harm to the child or an
unborn child.
Wyoming - a report is required when a child has been subjected to harm or imminent
danger to his or her health or welfare.
child's health or welfare.
Alaska - a report is required when circumstances indicate that the child's health or welfare
is harmed or threatened with harm.
Arizona - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts or allows another person to inflict injury on a child
- is unable or unwilling to protect the child
Arkansas - abuse is any intentional or knowing acts, with physical injury and without
justifiable cause.
California - a report is required when a parent:
- willfully causes or permits harm to the child
- has inflicted by nonaccidental means injury on the child
Colorado - a report is required when a responsible person's acts or omissions threaten the
child's health or welfare.
Connecticut - a report is required when the child suffers from an injury inflicted by
nonaccidental means or has been subjected to conditions that are injurious to his or her
well-being.
Delaware - a report is required when a child is harmed by injury through unjustified force or
a parent's failure to provide.
District of Columbia - a report is required when a parent inflicts harm on a child or fails to
make reasonable efforts to prevent harm.
Florida - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts harm on the child or allows harm to be inflicted
- negligently fails to protect the child
- willfully acts or threatens to act to harm the child
Georgia - a report is required when the child suffers from an injury that was inflicted by
nonaccidental means.
Hawaii - a report is required when the child is subjected to harm or substantial risk of harm.
Idaho - a report is required when a responsible person:
- inflicts, causes to be inflicted, or allows to be inflicted harm to the child
- creates a substantial risk of injury
- commits or allows to be committed a sexual offense against the child.
Indiana - a report is required when the parents:
-inability or refusal to provide care for the child results in harm
- acts or omission results in harm
Iowa - a report is required when the acts or omissions of the parent or responsible person
results i harm to the child.
Kansas - a report is required when the acts or omissions of the parent result in harm to the
child.
Kentucky - a report is required when the child is harmed or threatened with harm results in
harm to the child.
Louisiana - a report is required when the child's health and safety are seriously
endangered.
Maine - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is threatened or in danger of
serious harm.
Maryland - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is threatened or in danger
of serious harm.
Massachusetts - a report is required when a child is subjected to harm or substantial risk
of harm.
Michigan - a report is Required when a child is subjected to harm or threatened harm.
Minnesota - a report is required when the child is subjected to harm or threatened injury.
Mississippi - a report is required when the parent has caused or allowed to be abused
harm to the child.
Missouri - a report is required when it appears that the child suffers from injury inflicted by
other than accidental means.
Montana - a report must be made when a parent's willful or intentional acts or omissions
result in harm or threatened harm to the child.
Nebraska - a report is required when a child has been knowingly, intentionally, or
negligently harmed.
Nevada - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
New Hampshire - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or
threatened with harm.
New Jersey - a report is required when a child's physical, mental, or emotional condition
has been impaired or is in imminent risk of impairment.
New Mexico - a report is required when the child's life or health is endangered.
New York - a report is required when a child has been subjected to harm or a substantial
risk of harm.
North Carolina - no reporting standards given.
North Dakota -a report is required when a child is suffering from serious harm.
Ohio - a report is required when the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
Oklahoma - a report is required when a child's health, safety, or welfare is harmed or
threatened with harm.
Oregon - a report is required when a child is harmed, threatened with harm, or at
substantial risk of harm.
Pennsylvania - a report is required when a parent's recent act or failure to act causes
serious injury or imminent risk of serious injury to the child.
Rhode Island - a report is required when the child's physical or mental health is harmed or
threatened with harm.
South Carolina - a report is required when the child's physical or mental health is harmed
or threatened with harm.
South Dakota - a report is required when a child is threatened with substantial harm.
Tennessee - a report is required when the child suffers from or is in immediate danger of
suffering injury.
Texas - a report is required when the child suffers from substantial harm or a genuine threat
of substantial harm.
Utah - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened with
harm.
Vermont - a report is required when a child's health or welfare is harmed or at substantial
risk of harm.
Virginia - a report is required when the child is injured or at substantial risk of impairment.
Washington - a report is required when the child's health, welfare, and safety are harmed.
West Virginia - a report is required when the child's health and welfare are harmed or
threatened with harm.
Wisconsin - a report is required when there is harm or a risk of harm to the child or an
unborn child.
Wyoming - a report is required when a child has been subjected to harm or imminent
danger to his or her health or welfare.