---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch151"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 151"
heading: "Child Protection and Safety"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch151"
sections_count: 53
---

# Chapter 151 — Child Protection and Safety

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Sex Offender Registration and Notification](/usc/42/ch151-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Civil Commitment of Dangerous Sex Offenders](/usc/42/ch151-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Grants and Other Provisions](/usc/42/ch151-schIII.md)