{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1302.07","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-1302.07","heading":"Expungement.","body":"(a)\nThe staff who maintain the Child Protection Register shall expunge an inconclusive report from the Child Protection Register one year after the date the report was entered in the Child Protection Register if no subsequent substantiated or inconclusive reports involving the person identified as responsible or possibly responsible for the abuse or neglect was entered in the Child Protection Register during the preceding one-year period.\n\n(b)\nThe staff that maintain the Child Protection Register shall expunge a substantiated report from the Child Protection Register:\n(1)\nThree years after the date that the report was entered in the Child Protection Register if the child was not removed pursuant to § 4-1303.04 and no subsequent substantiated or inconclusive report involving the person identified as responsible for the abuse or neglect was entered in the Child Protection Register during the preceding 3-year period; or\n(2)\nThree years from the date that the child, if removed pursuant to § 4-1303.04 and a court made a finding that the child was abused or neglected, was reunified with the person identified as responsible for the abuse or neglect, or 5 years from the date that the substantiated report was entered in the Child Protection Register, whichever occurs first; provided, that no subsequent substantiated or inconclusive report involving the person identified as responsible for the abuse or neglect was entered in the Child Protection Register.\n\n(c)\nIf, during the time a prior substantiated or inconclusive report is on the Child Protection Register, a subsequent substantiated or inconclusive report is entered in the Child Protection Register that identifies the same individual as responsible or possibly responsible for the abuse or neglect, the prior report shall not be expunged until the subsequent report is expunged from the Child Protection Register.\n\n(d)\nThe staff who maintain the Child Protection Register shall expunge from the Child Protection Register:\n(1)\nAny unfounded report immediately upon such classification by the Agency; and\n(2)\nAny material successfully challenged as incorrect pursuant to the rules adopted under § 4-1302.06.\n\n(e)\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this section or other District law, substantiated reports involving a child fatality, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or serious physical injury shall not be expunged from the Child Protection Register.\n\n(f)\nFor purposes of this section, a serious physical injury includes:\n(1)\nBroken bones or fractures;\n(2)\nMedical abuse;\n(3)\nAdult-sized human bites;\n(4)\nCases involving children who have been tortured, tied, or confined;\n(5)\nSuspicious burns or head injuries, or significant injuries with an implausible explanation;\n(6)\nA physical injury that:\n(A)\nCreates a substantial risk of death;\n(B)\nCauses serious and protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily organ;\n(C)\nInvolves hospitalization; or\n(D)\nRequires surgical procedures.\".\n\n(g)\nThe Mayor or the Mayor's designee shall have the right to overrule any expungement provided by this section on a case-by-case basis.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 13. Child Abuse and Neglect.","Subchapter I. Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.","Part B. Child Protection Register."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-1302.07","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"c9440af756555e687df8ad93d93298f79584647e6fc06e6c795001b266b1fb78","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1302.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1302.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}