{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16509.1","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16509.1","heading":"","body":"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 to have been neglected within the purview of this chapter.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN [16000. - 16589.]","CHAPTER 5. State Child Welfare Services [16500. - 16523.59.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"597c7f1ad754dff6ee2d1f4ab0fc9a0e5d6240288d2617f989f81dcfeee14f2b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16509","next":"us-ca/wic-16509.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}