California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 16509.1

CA Welf & Inst Code § 16509.1 (2017)  

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.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018