Chapter 432B - Protection of Children From Abuse and Neglect
- SEXUAL ABUSE OR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN UNDER AGEOF 18 YEARS
- 432B.610 - Training of certain peace officers for detection and investigation of and response to cases of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children; regulations.
- 432B.620 - Certification of peace officers who regularly investigate cases of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of children; regulations.
- ADMINISTRATION
- 432B.180 - Duties of Division of Child and Family Services; corrective action required by certain agencies which provide child welfare services; consequences for failure to take corrective action; dep
- 432B.190 - Regulations to be adopted by Division of Child and Family Services.
- 432B.195 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to provide training to certain employees concerning rights of certain persons responsible for child’s welfare; employees not required o
- 432B.197 - Agency which provides child welfare services required to establish policies to ensure children in custody of agency have access to clinically appropriate psychotropic medication.
- 432B.200 - Toll-free telephone number for reports of abuse or neglect.
- 432B.210 - State, political subdivisions and agencies to cooperate with agencies which provide child welfare services.
- 432B.215 - Acquisition and use of information concerning probationers and parolees.
- ADVISORY BOARDS TO EXPEDITE PROCEEDINGS FOR PLACEMENT OFCHILDREN
- 432B.602 - Rural Advisory Board to Expedite Proceedings for Placement of Children: Creation; terms; vacancies; members serve without compensation; duties.
- 432B.604 - Local advisory boards to expedite proceedings for placement of children: Creation; members; terms; vacancies; members serve without compensation; duties.
- CHILD DEATH REVIEW TEAMS
- 432B.403 - Purpose of organizing child death review teams.
- 432B.405 - Organization of child death review teams.
- 432B.406 - Composition of child death review teams.
- 432B.407 - Information available to child death review teams; sharing of certain information; subpoena to obtain information; confidentiality of information.
- 432B.4075 - Authority of Administrator to organize multidisciplinary team to oversee review conducted by child death review team; access to information and privileges.
- 432B.408 - Administrative team to review report of child death review team.
- 432B.409 - Establishment, composition and duties of Executive Committee to Review the Death of Children; creation of and use of money in Review of Death of Children Account.
- 432B.4095 - Civil penalty for disclosure of confidential information; authority to bring action; deposit of money.
- CIVIL PROCEEDINGS
- COURT-ORDERED ADMISSION OF CERTAIN CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONALDISTURBANCE TO CERTAIN FACILITIES
- 432B.607 - Definitions.
- 432B.6071 - “Child with an emotional disturbance” defined.
- 432B.60715 - “Court-ordered admission of a child” defined.
- 432B.6072 - “Facility” defined.
- 432B.6073 - “Person professionally qualified in the field of psychiatric mental health” defined.
- 432B.6074 - “Treatment” defined.
- 432B.6075 - Petition: Filing; certificate or statement of alleged emotional disturbance.
- 432B.6076 - Findings and order; alternative courses of treatment.
- 432B.6077 - Petition required before child may be placed in facility other than under emergency admission; psychological examination of child required under certain circumstances; placement in less re
- 432B.6078 - Provision of information and assistance to child; second examination of child.
- 432B.6079 - Considerations for court in issuing or renewing order.
- 432B.608 - Expiration and renewal of admission.
- 432B.6081 - Plan for continued care, treatment and training of child upon discharge.
- 432B.6082 - Personal rights.
- 432B.6083 - Conditional release: No liability of State; notice to court and attorney of agency; order to return to facility; judicial review of order to return to facility.
- 432B.6084 - Release without further order of court; early release.
- 432B.6085 - Children’s rights; application of various provisions of chapter 433
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 432B.010 - Definitions.
- 432B.020 - “Abuse or neglect of a child” defined.
- 432B.030 - “Agency which provides child welfare services” defined.
- 432B.040 - “Child” defined.
- 432B.044 - “Child welfare services” defined.
- 432B.050 - “Court” defined.
- 432B.060 - “Custodian” defined.
- 432B.065 - “Division of Child and Family Services” defined.
- 432B.067 - “Indian child” defined.
- 432B.068 - “Indian Child Welfare Act” defined.
- 432B.070 - “Mental injury” defined.
- 432B.080 - “Parent” defined.
- 432B.090 - “Physical injury” defined.
- 432B.100 - “Sexual abuse” defined.
- 432B.110 - “Sexual exploitation” defined.
- 432B.121 - Definition of when person has “reasonable cause to believe” and when person acts “as soon as reasonably practicable.”
- 432B.130 - Persons responsible for child’s welfare.
- 432B.140 - Negligent treatment or maltreatment.
- 432B.150 - Excessive corporal punishment may constitute abuse or neglect.
- 432B.153 - Presumptions concerning custody and visitation when parent of child is convicted of first degree murder of other parent of child.
- 432B.157 - Presumption concerning custody when court determines that parent or other person seeking custody of child is perpetrator of domestic violence.
- 432B.159 - Presumption concerning custody and visitation when parent or other person seeking custody of child is perpetrator of any act of abduction against the child.
- 432B.160 - Immunity from civil or criminal liability; presumption.
- 432B.165 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services and other entities to provide information to assist in locating a missing child; information not confidential.
- 432B.170 - Authority of agency which provides child welfare services to share information with state or local agencies.
- 432B.175 - Availability of data or information regarding fatality or near fatality of child who is subject of report of abuse or neglect; limitation on disclosure; regulations.
- 432B.178 - Director of Department of Health and Human Services authorized to create interagency committee to evaluate child welfare system in this State; appointment of members; committee authorized t
- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND CUSTODY
- 432B.325 - County whose population is 100,000 or more to provide protective services for children in county.
- 432B.330 - Circumstances under which child is or may be in need of protection.
- 432B.340 - Determination that child needs protection but is not in imminent danger.
- 432B.350 - Teams for protection of child.
- 432B.360 - Voluntary placement of child with agency or institution; regulations.
- 432B.370 - Determination that child is not in need of protection.
- 432B.380 - Referral of case to district attorney for criminal prosecution; recommendation to file petition.
- 432B.390 - Placement of child in protective custody.
- 432B.3905 - Limitations on transfer and placement of child who is under 6 years of age; notice; reports.
- 432B.391 - Agency which provides child welfare services or designee authorized to conduct preliminary Federal Bureau of Investigation name-based check of background of adult resident of home in which
- 432B.393 - Preservation and reunification of family of child to prevent or eliminate need for removal from home before placement in foster care and to make safe return to home possible; determining wh
- 432B.396 - Establishment of panel to evaluate extent to which agencies which provide child welfare services are effectively discharging their responsibilities; regulations; civil penalties.
- 432B.397 - Inquiry to determine whether child is Indian child; report to court; training regarding requirements of Indian Child Welfare Act.
- REPORTS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT; REPORTS OF PRENATAL ILLEGALSUBSTANCE ABUSE
- 432B.220 - Persons required to make report; when and to whom reports are required; any person may make report; report and written findings if reasonable cause to believe death of child caused by abuse
- 432B.230 - Method of making report; contents.
- 432B.240 - Penalty for failure to make report.
- 432B.250 - Persons required to report prohibited from invoking certain privileges.
- 432B.255 - Admissibility of evidence.
- 432B.260 - Action upon receipt of report; agency which provides child welfare services required to inform person named in report of allegation of abuse or neglect if report is investigated.
- 432B.270 - Interview of child and sibling of child concerning possible abuse or neglect; photographs, X rays and medical tests.
- 432B.280 - Confidentiality of reports and of records concerning reports and investigations; exceptions; penalty.
- 432B.290 - Authorized release of data or information concerning reports and investigations; penalty; regulations.
- 432B.300 - Determinations to be made from investigation of report.
- 432B.310 - Report to Central Registry of abuse or neglect required upon completion of investigation; report to Central Registry of prenatal illegal substance abuse or withdrawal symptoms resulting fro
- 432B.320 - Waiver of full investigation of report.