N.D. Cent. Code § 50-25.1-05.2: Report to the court - Entry of report in the child abuse information index

1.Upon confirmation that a child meets the definition of an abused or neglected child, the department promptly shall make a written report of the decision to the juvenile court having jurisdiction in the matter.

2.The department promptly shall file a report of a decision that a child meets the definition of an abused or neglected child under this section in the child abuse information index after the time to appeal the confirmed or confirmed with unknown subject decision has expired.

3.The department may not file a report of a decision that a child meets the definition of neglected child in the child abuse information index for a decision exclusively based on educational neglect.