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.)
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