§588-2  Definitions of child abuse.  For
purposes of this chapter:



"Child sexual abuse" means any of the
offenses described under chapter 707, part V, when committed on a person under
the age of eighteen years or as set forth in paragraph (2) of the definition of
"harm" in section 587-2.



"Serious physical child abuse" means
any of the offenses described in paragraph (1) of the definition of
"harm" set forth in section 587-2 when the offense rises to the
degree of a felony as defined in section 701-107. [L 1986, c 169, pt of §1; am
L 2001, c 219, §4]