California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16509.1

WIC § 16509.1 Effective Sep 13, 1982Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 5

Statute text

No child who in good faith is under treatment solely by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof shall, for that reason alone, be considered to have been neglected within the purview of this chapter.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 62. Effective September 13, 1982.