{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2258","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2258.","heading":"Failure to report child abuse","status":null,"guid":"idbda18e7f-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 226(g)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4808; amended Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 209, July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 615; Pub. L. 115–126, title I, § 101(b), Feb. 14, 2018, 132 Stat. 319.)","seq_in_title":804,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch110","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch110","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 110—","heading":"SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74fc8a63-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2258\"><num value=\"2258\">§ 2258.</num><heading> Failure to report child abuse</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">A person who, while engaged in a professional capacity or activity described in subsection (b) of section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 on Federal land or in a federally operated (or contracted) facility, or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who, learns of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of child abuse, as defined in subsection (c) of that section, and fails to make a timely report as required by subsection (a) of that section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id74fc8a64-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/647/tII/s226/g/1\">Pub. L. 101–647, title II, § 226(g)(1)</ref>, <date date=\"1990-11-29\">Nov. 29, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/4808\">104 Stat. 4808</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/248/tII/s209\">Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 209</ref>, <date date=\"2006-07-27\">July 27, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/120/615\">120 Stat. 615</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/115/126/tI/s101/b\">Pub. L. 115–126, title I, § 101(b)</ref>, <date date=\"2018-02-14\">Feb. 14, 2018</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/132/319\">132 Stat. 319</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74fc8a65-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74fc8a66-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id74fc8a67-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Section 226 of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, referred to in text, is classified to <ref href=\"/us/usc/t34/s20341\">section 20341 of Title 34</ref>, Crime Control and Law Enforcement.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I76\" topic=\"codification\" id=\"id74fc8a68-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Codification</heading>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Another section 2258 was renumbered <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s2260\">section 2260 of this title</ref>.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74fc8a69-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2018—<ref href=\"/us/pl/115/126\">Pub. L. 115–126</ref> inserted “or a covered individual as described in subsection (a)(2) of such section 226 who,” after “facility,”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">2006—<ref href=\"/us/pl/109/248\">Pub. L. 109–248</ref> substituted “fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 1 year or both” for “guilty of a Class B misdemeanor”.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}