NARCOTIC NEWS
Drug Law in Virginia 18.2-248.02
Allowing a child to be present during manufacture or attempted
manufacture of methamphetamine prohibited; penalties.
Any person 18 years of age or older who maintains a custodial relationship
over a child under the age of 18, including but not limited to a parent,
step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, or who stands in loco parentis
with respect to such child, and who knowingly allows that child to be present in
the same dwelling, apartment as defined by § 55-79.2, unit of a hotel as
defined in § 35.1-1, garage, shed, or vehicle during the manufacture or
attempted manufacture of methamphetamine as prohibited by subsection C1
of § 18.2-248 is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than
10 nor more than 40 years. This penalty shall be in addition to and served
consecutively with any other sentence.
(2005, cc. 923, 941.)