<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>
<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>
</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>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" role="crossHeading" topic="editorialNotes" id="id74fc8a66-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>
<note style="-uslm-lc:I75" topic="referencesInText" id="id74fc8a67-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf">
<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>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id74fc8a68-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<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>
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<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>
<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>
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