RCW 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 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 § 4; 2006 c 228 § 4; 2000 c 76 § 1.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—2017 c 266: See note following RCW 9A.42.020.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code
Chapter 9A.42 - Criminal Mistreatment.
9A.42.005 - Findings and intent—Christian Science treatment—Rules of evidence.
9A.42.020 - Criminal mistreatment in the first degree.
9A.42.030 - Criminal mistreatment in the second degree.
9A.42.035 - Criminal mistreatment in the third degree.
9A.42.037 - Criminal mistreatment in the fourth degree.
9A.42.039 - Arresting officer, notification by.
9A.42.040 - Withdrawal of life support systems.
9A.42.050 - Defense of financial inability.
9A.42.060 - Abandonment of a dependent person in the first degree—Exception.
9A.42.070 - Abandonment of a dependent person in the second degree—Exception.
9A.42.080 - Abandonment of a dependent person in the third degree—Exception.
9A.42.090 - Abandonment of a dependent person—Defense.