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- 'Abuse' includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment. - Corporal punishment is a subtype of discipline (check foster care document) - Subtypes of neglect include inadequate food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, prenatal exposure to drugs or substance, fetal alcohol syndrome or fetal alcohol effects, and deliberate exposure to sexual conduct, contact, and explicit materials - Failure to thrive is a subtype of medical neglect - Permitting a child to enter or remain in any structure or vehicle in which volatile, toxic or flammable chemicals are found or equipment is possessed by any person for the purpose of manufacturing a dangerous drug is considered abuse if physical injuries are a result. Otherwise, it is considered neglect.
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