<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 26-8A-3 - Persons required to report child abuse or neglected child--Intentional failure as misdemeanor.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2083523Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2083523SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2083523CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2083523Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; 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Any person who intentionally fails to make the required report is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person who knows or has reason to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8A-2" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083523DefaultParagraphFont">26-8A-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083523DefaultParagraphFont"> may report that information as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8A-8" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083523DefaultParagraphFont">26-8A-8</span></a><span class="s2083523DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083523Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083523000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2083523NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083523DefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083523SCL">SL 1964, ch 90, §§ 1, 5; SDCL § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-10-13" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083523SCL">26-10-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2083523SCL">; SL 1973, ch 172, § 1; SL 1975, ch 179, § 2; SL 1976, ch 167; SL 1982, ch 201; SL 1984, ch 192, § 2; SL 1985, ch 215, § 1; SL 1986, ch 223; SL 1991, ch 217, § 112B; SDCL Supp, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-10-10" rel="noopener"><span class="s2083523SCL">26-10-10</span></a><span class="s2083523SCL">; SL 1993, ch 203; SL 2000, ch 122, § 1; SL 2012, ch 146, § 1; SL 2016, ch 143, § 1; SL 2021, ch 118, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>