42 U.S.C. § 5106g — Definitions

the term “Alaska Native” has the meaning given the term “Native” in section 1602 of title 43;

the term “infant or toddler with a disability” has the meaning given the term in section 1432 of title 20;

the term “Native Hawaiian” has the meaning given the term in section 7517 of title 20;

the term “sexual abuse” includes—

the term “withholding of medically indicated treatment^*” means the failure to respond to the infant’s life-threatening conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate nutrition, hydration, and medication) which, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment, will be most likely to be effective in ameliorating or correcting all such conditions, except that the term does not include the failure to provide treatment (other than appropriate nutrition, hydration, or medication) to an infant when, in the treating physician’s or physicians’ reasonable medical judgment—

For purposes of section 3(2) 1 and subsection (a)(4), a child shall be considered a victim of “child abuse and neglect” and of “sexual abuse” if the child is identified, by a State^* or local agency employee of the State or locality involved, as being a victim of human trafficking.

Notwithstanding the definition of “child” in section 3(1),¹ a State may elect to define that term for purposes of the application of paragraph (1) to section 3(2) ¹ and subsection (a)(4) as a person who has not attained the age of 24.