Statutes | Nez Perce Tribal Code Title 4 Chapter 4-1 ยง 4-1-90 | 2018
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person:
(1) to willfully cause or permit any child to suffer or inflict thereon unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering
(2) having the care or custody of any child, to willfully cause or permit the person or health of such child to be injured
(3) to willfully cause or permit any child to be placed in such situation that his person or health is seriously endangered.
(4) (Subsection is now §4-1-91(b) &ndash authorized by NPTEC 1/24/17)
(b) The practice of a parent or guardian who chooses for his child treatment solely by prayer or spiritual means shall not for that reason alone be construed to have violated the duty of care to such child.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly, recklessly, or intentionally cause or permit a child to be exposed to, illegal alcohol use, or to intentionally cause or permit a child to ingest or inhale, or have contact with any controlled substance including, but not limited to, marijuana, barbiturates, amphetamines, hallucinogens, opiates, methamphetamines, cocaine, and other substances as defined in Chapter 13, Title 21 U.S.C. § 812(c). This section shall not preclude: (Subsection c added per NPTEC 1/28/14)
(1) the possession, purchase, consumption, obtaining, ingestion, distribution or sale of peyote for bona fide Native American religious ceremonies or
(2) any controlled substances provided by lawful prescription for the child and administered to the child in accordance with the prescription instructions provided with the controlled substance.