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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 710<\/a> and 752<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86098,"section_number":"63.2-1509","catch_line":"Requirement that certain injuries to children be reported by physicians, nurses, teachers, etc.; penalty for failure to report","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1509\/"}],"permalink":{"id":182927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67549,"identifier":"22.1-291.3","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.3","url":"\/22.1-291.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-291.3\/","token":"22.1\/15\/1\/22.1-291.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Notice of duty to report child abuse or neglect","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-291.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each public school board<\/span> and each administrator of every private or parochial school shall post, in each of their schools, a notice, pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1509<\/a>, that: (i) any teacher or other person employed in a public or private school who has reason to suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child, including any child who may be abandoned, is required to report such suspected cases of child abuse or neglect to local or state social services agencies or the person in charge of the relevant school or his designee; and (ii) all persons required to report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect are immune from civil or criminal liability or administrative penalty<\/span> or sanction<\/span> on account of such reports unless such person has acted in bad faith or with malicious<\/span> purpose. The notice shall also include the Virginia Department<\/span> of Social Services’ toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNOTICE OF DUTY TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT (\u00a7 22.1-291.3)\n\nEach public school board and each administrator of every private or parochial\nschool shall post, in each of their schools, a notice, pursuant to \u00a7 63.2-1509,\nthat: (i) any teacher or other person employed in a public or private school who\nhas reason to suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child, including\nany child who may be abandoned, is required to report such suspected cases of\nchild abuse or neglect to local or state social services agencies or the person\nin charge of the relevant school or his designee; and (ii) all persons required\nto report cases of suspected child abuse or neglect are immune from civil or\ncriminal liability or administrative penalty or sanction on account of such\nreports unless such person has acted in bad faith or with malicious purpose. The\nnotice shall also include the Virginia Department of Social Services’\ntoll-free child abuse and neglect hotline.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 710, 752.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}