RCW 9A.42.035
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(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 a person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or other dependent person, is a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic necessities of life, or is a person employed to provide to the child or dependent person the basic necessities of life and, with criminal negligence, creates an imminent and substantial risk of substantial bodily harm to a child or dependent person by withholding any of the basic necessities of life.
(2)For purposes of this section, "a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic necessities of life" means a person other than:
(a)A government agency that regularly provides assistance or services to dependent persons, including but not limited to the department of social and health services; or
(b)a good samaritan as defined in RCW 9A.42.010 .
(3)Criminal mistreatment in the third degree is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2017 c 266 s 4 ; 2006 c 228 s 4 ; 2000 c 76 s 1 .]
Notes:
Finding — Intent — 2017 c 266: See note following RCW 9A.42.020 .