18.2-248.02 - Allowing a child to be present during manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine prohibited; penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-248.02. Allowing a child to be present during manufacture or attemptedmanufacture of methamphetamine prohibited; penalties.

Any person 18 years of age or older who maintains a custodial relationshipover a child under the age of 18, including but not limited to a parent,step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, or who stands in loco parentiswith respect to such child, and who knowingly allows that child to be presentin the same dwelling, apartment as defined by § 55-79.2, unit of a hotel asdefined in § 35.1-1, garage, shed, or vehicle during the manufacture orattempted manufacture of methamphetamine as prohibited by subsection C1 of §18.2-248 is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than10 nor more than 40 years. This penalty shall be in addition to and servedconsecutively with any other sentence.

(2005, cc. 923, 941.)