Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect - North Carolina
Date: February 2019
Failure to Report
Citation: Gen. Stat. § 7B-301
Any person or institution who knowingly or wantonly fails to report the case of a juvenile as required, or who knowingly or wantonly prevents another person from making a report as required, is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
A director of social services who receives a report of sexual abuse of a juvenile in a child care facility and who knowingly fails to notify the State Bureau of Investigation of the report as required is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
False Reporting
This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.