Child Welfare Information Gateway2015-01-082015-01-082011Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2011). Immunity for reporters of child abuse and neglect. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau.https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies/statutes/immunity/http://hdl.handle.net/11212/2072This factsheet summarizes State laws on immunity from liability for persons who in good faith report suspected instances of child abuse or neglect. Immunity statutes protect both mandatory and voluntary reporters from civil or criminal liability that they might otherwise incur.en-USmandatory reportingimmunitychild abuselimitationsstatutestate lawArticle