Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 9A Washington Criminal Code - Chapter 9A.42 Criminal Mistreatment

• 9A.42.005 Findings and intent -- Christian Science treatment -- Rules of evidence
  The legislature finds that there is a significant need to protect children and dependent persons, including frail elder and vulnerable adults, from abuse and neglect ...
• 9A.42.010 Definitions
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Basic necessities of life" means food, water, shelter, clothing, and medically necessary health care, including but not limited to ...
• 9A.42.020 Criminal mistreatment in the first degree
  (1) A parent of a child, the person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or dependent person, a person who has assumed the ...
• 9A.42.030 Criminal mistreatment in the second degree
  (1) A parent of a child, the person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or dependent person, a person who has assumed the ...
• 9A.42.035 Criminal mistreatment in the third degree
  (1) A person is guilty of the crime of criminal mistreatment in the third degree if the person is the parent of a child, is ...
• 9A.42.037 Criminal mistreatment in the fourth degree
  (1) A person is guilty of the crime of criminal mistreatment in the fourth degree if the person is the parent of a child, is ...
• 9A.42.039 Arresting officer, notification by
  (1) When a law enforcement officer arrests a person for criminal mistreatment of a child, the officer must notify child protective services. (2) When a ...
• 9A.42.040 Withdrawal of life support systems
  RCW 9A.42.020, 9A.42.030, 9A.42.035, and 9A.42.037 do not apply to decisions to withdraw life support systems made in accordance with chapter 7.70 or 70.122 RCW ...
• 9A.42.045 Palliative care
  RCW 9A.42.020, 9A.42.030, 9A.42.035, and 9A.42.037 do not apply when a terminally ill or permanently unconscious person or his or her legal surrogate, as set ...
• 9A.42.050 Defense of financial inability
  In any prosecution for criminal mistreatment, it shall be a defense that the withholding of the basic necessities of life is due to financial inability ...
• 9A.42.060 Abandonment of a dependent person in the first degree -- Exception
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person is guilty of the crime of abandonment of a dependent person in the ...
• 9A.42.070 Abandonment of a dependent person in the second degree -- Exception
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person is guilty of the crime of abandonment of a dependent person in the ...
• 9A.42.080 Abandonment of a dependent person in the third degree -- Exception
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person is guilty of the crime of abandonment of a dependent person in the ...
• 9A.42.090 Abandonment of a dependent person -- Defense
  It is an affirmative defense to the charge of abandonment of a dependent person, that the person employed to provide any of the basic necessities ...
• 9A.42.100 Endangerment with a controlled substance
  A person is guilty of the crime of endangerment with a controlled substance if the person knowingly or intentionally permits a dependent child or dependent ...
• 9A.42.110 Leaving a child in the care of a sex offender
  (1) A person is guilty of the crime of leaving a child in the care of a sex offender if the person is (a) the ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009