Under South Carolina Safe Haven Law, known as Daniel’s Law, infants can be left anonymously at a hospital, fire station, police station, outpatient medical facility, or any place of worship, as long as the child is left in an employee’s hand.

A child who is or appears to be 30 days old or younger may be left at a hospital, medical emergency facility, fire station, or police station by the parent or any person acting at the direction of the parent, who does not express the will return for the infant, or there is reasonable belief that the person does not

Safe Haven of Pennsylvania, also known as the Newborn Protection Act, states that any parent may leave a newborn baby in the care of a hospital or with a police officer at a police station without being criminally liable as long as the baby is no older than 28 days and is not harmed.

In Oregon, a parent may leave an infant not older than 30 days at a hospital, birth center, fire station, police station, or medical facility in the physical custody of an agent, employee, physician or other medical professional working at the facility. However, the child should not be subject to abuse prior to relinquishment.

In Oklahoma, a parent may surrender a child no more than seven days old without fear of prosecution. The parent must relinquish the child to a medical service provider or to a designated person at a police station, fire station, hospital or child protective services agency.

A parent can legally leave a baby in a safe haven location, including a hospital, police, or fire station and the baby is no more than 30 days old and does not appear to have been physically abused or neglected.

The North Dakota Baby Safe Haven Law allows a parent or a parent’s agent (another person acting with the parent’s consent) who feels they are unable to take care of their infant, to surrender the infant at a hospital, 1 year of age or younger, without facing prosecution for abandonment.

North Carolina has a safe haven law, which states “you can leave your baby, up to 7 days old, with an employee on duty at any hospital” and several other approved locations, including hospital, medical facility, EMS provider, law enforcement agency, fire station, or social services agency. The mother is not required to provide any identifying information. Children who are dropped off

In New York, a person cannot be prosecuted for abandonment of a child if that person leaves a child not more than five days old with a responsible adult or in an appropriate and safe location, including a hospital, fire station, police department, health department, or nonprofit community health center and they will immediately notify an appropriate person regarding the

New Mexico’s Safe Haven Law allows a person to leave a baby with a staff member at a safe haven site within 90 days of being born. Safe havens are hospitals, fire stations, or police stations. Under the law, the person won’t be charged with a crime of abuse or abandonment.