RCW 26.44.015: Limitations of chapter.

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Washington Code › Title 26 › Chapter 44 › Section 015

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(1) This chapter shall not be construed to authorize interference with child-raising practices, including reasonable parental discipline, which are not injurious to the child's health, welfare, or safety. (2) Nothing in this chapter may be used to prohibit the reasonable use of corporal punishment as a means of discipline. (3) No parent or guardian may be deemed abusive or neglectful solely by reason of the parent's or child's blindness, deafness, developmental disability, or other disability.

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