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31-33-22-2. Obtaining child abuse information under false pretenses; knowingly falsifying records or interfering with an investigation

IN Code § 31-33-22-2 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 2. (a) An individual who knowingly requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain child abuse or neglect information under false pretenses commits a Class B misdemeanor.

(b) A person who knowingly or intentionally:

(1) falsifies child abuse or neglect information or records; or

(2) obstructs or interferes with a child abuse assessment, including an assessment conducted by a local child fatality review team or the statewide child fatality review committee;

commits obstruction of a child abuse assessment, a Class A misdemeanor.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-11-21.]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.70-2004, SEC.17; P.L.131-2009, SEC.54.

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