1 bill · 2017 Regular Session
Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding medical treatment by prayer through spiritual means.
This legislation amends Section 16-1602, Idaho Code to strike and add language to the definition of "neglected" child, and to defer defense of religious practice to Section 73-402, Idaho Code and to consider the wishes of the child; amends Section 16-1627, Idaho Code to strike language for authorization of emergency medical treatment, and to defer defense of religious practice to Section 73-402, Idaho Code. These changes will allow the State, in those instances where a parent has been advised and educated about their child's declining health, or in instances where the parents were not genuinely treating by spiritual means through prayer, to be properly investigated and perhaps prosecuted.
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