(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Adult attendant” means an adult who accompanies a child throughout the judicial process for the purpose of providing emotional support who may be an advocate, counselor, therapist, the non-offending parent, or someone with whom the child is familiar who can support the child throughout the entire process and afterwards.(b) “Child” means a person who is under the age of 18 years.(c) “Child abuse” means the infliction of physical, mental, or emotional injury upon a child, or maltreatment, sexual conduct or sexual contact with a child, or exploitation of a child by any person. It does not include discipline administered by a parent or legal guardian to his or her child provided that the discipline is reasonable in manner and moderate in degree and otherwise does not constitute cruelty.(d) “Exploitation” means the use of a child for pornography, prostitution, labor trafficking, or any act where a child is coerced or manipulated for sexual or financial gain.(e) “Mental injury” means psychological injury or harm including emotional trauma, which impairs the mental or emotional health or functioning of a child.(f) “Multidisciplinary Team” means a team of professionals, including representatives from law enforcement, child protective services, health and mental health services, victim advocacy, and the legal system, who work together to investigate, prosecute, and provide services for cases of severe child maltreatment, including abuse and neglect.(g) “Neglect” means to place a child or allow a child to be placed in a situation which a reasonable person should know is dangerous to the child’s health or welfare, and includes, but is not limited to, the following:(1) leaving a child unsupervised, taking into account the age and developmental stage of the child;(2) denying or failing to provide a child with shelter, food, clothing, medical care or education;(3) leaving a child in the care of any person known to use, possess or sell illegal drugs or abuse alcohol;(4) leaving a child in the care of any person known to have engaged in sexual activity with any child;(5) leaving a child in the care of any person known to be incapable of providing adequate care for a child;(6) keeping a child under the age of 16 years home from school to care for other children; or(7) leaving a child in the care of a person that is known to be a registered sex offender of children.(h) “Physical injury” means the impairment of physical condition and includes, but is not limited to, any skin bruising, bleeding, failure to thrive, malnutrition, burn, bone fracture, soft tissue swelling, subdural hematoma, injury to any internal organ, or any physical condition that threatens a child’s health or welfare, or death as a result of physical injury(i) “Sexual abuse” includes the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another to engage in, sexually explicit conduct, or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, sexual grooming, or incest with children.(j) “sexual conduct” means actual or simulated:(1) sexual intercourse, including sexual contact in the manner of genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or of opposite sex;(2) bestiality;(3) masturbation;(4) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a person or animal; or(5) sadistic or masochistic abuse.(k) “Sexual contact” means the intentional touching, either directly or through clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.
(a) “Adult attendant” means an adult who accompanies a child throughout the judicial process for the purpose of providing emotional support who may be an advocate, counselor, therapist, the non-offending parent, or someone with whom the child is familiar who can support the child throughout the entire process and afterwards.
(b) “Child” means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
(c) “Child abuse” means the infliction of physical, mental, or emotional injury upon a child, or maltreatment, sexual conduct or sexual contact with a child, or exploitation of a child by any person. It does not include discipline administered by a parent or legal guardian to his or her child provided that the discipline is reasonable in manner and moderate in degree and otherwise does not constitute cruelty.
(d) “Exploitation” means the use of a child for pornography, prostitution, labor trafficking, or any act where a child is coerced or manipulated for sexual or financial gain.
(e) “Mental injury” means psychological injury or harm including emotional trauma, which impairs the mental or emotional health or functioning of a child.
(f) “Multidisciplinary Team” means a team of professionals, including representatives from law enforcement, child protective services, health and mental health services, victim advocacy, and the legal system, who work together to investigate, prosecute, and provide services for cases of severe child maltreatment, including abuse and neglect.
(g) “Neglect” means to place a child or allow a child to be placed in a situation which a reasonable person should know is dangerous to the child’s health or welfare, and includes, but is not limited to, the following:(1) leaving a child unsupervised, taking into account the age and developmental stage of the child;(2) denying or failing to provide a child with shelter, food, clothing, medical care or education;(3) leaving a child in the care of any person known to use, possess or sell illegal drugs or abuse alcohol;(4) leaving a child in the care of any person known to have engaged in sexual activity with any child;(5) leaving a child in the care of any person known to be incapable of providing adequate care for a child;(6) keeping a child under the age of 16 years home from school to care for other children; or(7) leaving a child in the care of a person that is known to be a registered sex offender of children.
(1) leaving a child unsupervised, taking into account the age and developmental stage of the child;
(2) denying or failing to provide a child with shelter, food, clothing, medical care or education;
(3) leaving a child in the care of any person known to use, possess or sell illegal drugs or abuse alcohol;
(4) leaving a child in the care of any person known to have engaged in sexual activity with any child;
(5) leaving a child in the care of any person known to be incapable of providing adequate care for a child;
(6) keeping a child under the age of 16 years home from school to care for other children; or
(7) leaving a child in the care of a person that is known to be a registered sex offender of children.
(h) “Physical injury” means the impairment of physical condition and includes, but is not limited to, any skin bruising, bleeding, failure to thrive, malnutrition, burn, bone fracture, soft tissue swelling, subdural hematoma, injury to any internal organ, or any physical condition that threatens a child’s health or welfare, or death as a result of physical injury
(i) “Sexual abuse” includes the employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement, or coercion of a child to engage in, or assist another to engage in, sexually explicit conduct, or the rape, molestation, prostitution, or other form of sexual exploitation of children, sexual grooming, or incest with children.
(j) “sexual conduct” means actual or simulated:(1) sexual intercourse, including sexual contact in the manner of genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or of opposite sex;(2) bestiality;(3) masturbation;(4) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a person or animal; or(5) sadistic or masochistic abuse.
(1) sexual intercourse, including sexual contact in the manner of genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal contact, whether between persons of the same or of opposite sex;
(2) bestiality;
(3) masturbation;
(4) lascivious exhibition of the genitals or pubic area of a person or animal; or
(5) sadistic or masochistic abuse.
(k) “Sexual contact” means the intentional touching, either directly or through clothing, of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.