75-03-19.2-04. Infants abandoned at a hospital at birth.

When an infant is born and abandoned at birth while remaining at the same hospital, the infant will be considered an abandoned infant under this chapter when the parent of a child in that parent's custody fails to arrange for the child's discharge within ten days after the child no longer requires hospital care without regard to a parent's or agent's verbal statement of intention to abandon the infant.

History: Effective October 1, 2020.

General Authority: NDCC 50-06-16

Law Implemented: NDCC 50-25.1-15