WASHINGTON DC MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTES
CIVIL MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTE
A child is not considered neglected if they are in good faith under a spiritual means of treatment through prayer.
D.C. MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTE
(B) 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 a neglected child for the purposes of this subchapter.
District of Columbia Ann. Code § 16-2301 (9)(B)
CRIMINAL MEDICAL NEGLECT STATUTE
DC MEDICAL NEGLECT