                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILING TO SECURE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR INJURED CHILD (§ 18.2-314)

Any parent or other person having custody of a minor child which child shows
evidence of need for medical attention as the result of physical injury
inflicted by an act of any member of the household, whether the injury was
intentional or unintentional, who knowingly fails or refuses to secure prompt
and adequate medical attention, or who conspires to prevent the securing of such
attention, for such minor child, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
provided, however, that any parent or other person having custody of a minor
child that is being furnished Christian Science treatment by a duly accredited
Christian Science practitioner shall not, for that reason alone, be considered
in violation of this section.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-74.2; 1966, c. 578; 1975, cc. 14, 15.