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§ 3503 -   Corporal punishment prohibited

§ 3503. Corporal punishment prohibited

(a) For the purpose of this chapter, corporal punishment means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon the body of a child as a disciplinary measure.

(b) No person employed by or agent of a licensed or registered child care facility shall inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment upon a child attending the facility. However, this section does not prohibit a person from using reasonable and necessary force:

(1) to quell a disturbance;

(2) to obtain possession of dangerous objects upon the person of or within the control of a child;

(3) for the purpose of self defense; or

(4) for the protection of persons or property. (Added 1983, No. 145 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2007, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 16.)

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