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1 1 Section 1. Section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
1 2 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. Any nonaccidental physical injury, or injury which is
1 4 at variance with the history given of it, suffered by a child
1 5 as the result of the acts or omissions of a person responsible
1 6 for the care of the child. A nonaccidental physical injury or
1 7 injury which is at variance with the history given of it, does
1 8 not include an injury resulting from reasonable parental
1 9 discipline.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 232.68, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
1 11 by adding the following new subsection:
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Reasonable parental discipline"
1 13 means a reasonable, moderate action inflicted on a child by
1 14 the child's parent or guardian for purposes of restraining or
1 15 correcting the child which results in transient pain or
1 16 temporary skin inflammation. Reasonable parental discipline
1 17 does not include any of the following:
1 18 a. Throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child.
1 19 b. Striking a child with a closed fist.
1 20 c. Shaking of a child who is less than two years of age.
1 21 d. A nonaccidental action resulting in any injury to a
1 22 child who is less than eighteen months of age.
1 23 e. Interfering with a child's breathing.
1 24 f. Threatening a child with a deadly weapon.
1 25 g. Striking a child's head.
1 26 h. Fracturing a child's bone.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill exempts certain parental disciplinary actions
1 29 from the definition of child abuse in section 232.68 under the
1 30 juvenile justice code. The bill provides that a nonaccidental
1 31 physical injury, or injury which is at variance with the
1 32 history given of it, does not include an injury resulting from
1 33 reasonable parental discipline.
1 34 Section 232.68 is further amended to define "reasonable
1 35 parental discipline" as a reasonable, moderate action
2 1 inflicted on a child by the child's parent or guardian for
2 2 purposes of restraining or correcting the child which results
2 3 in transient pain or temporary skin inflammation. The bill
2 4 lists various specific actions which are not included in the
2 5 definition of reasonable parental discipline.
2 6 LSB 4254HC 76
2 7 jp/sc/14
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