DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- A new ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court will keep the state's child-abuse registry intact after a previous ruling could have led to removing half the names.
Department of Human Services Director Charles Krogmeier says Wednesday the court has added language to an earlier ruling that will mean about 28,000 names will stay on the list.
He says the issue is a category of abuse in which people fail to provide proper supervision for children in their care, such as by getting drunk or high.
Krogmeier says it's important because the list is used to screen people seeking to work around vulnerable people.
The court put that category in jeopardy in July when it ruled the department exceeded its authority by putting a domestic violence victim on the list because she failed to protect her children from her abuser.
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