California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
Division 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES |
Part 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN |
Chapter 5. State Child Welfare Services |
Section 16509.1.
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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.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 62. Effective September 13, 1982.)