Legal Question in Criminal Law in California
Is it illegal for a babysitter to pull teeth out while the child is in her care? What is the legal code? The child is 5 and the babysitter for the dad has just pulled her tooth for the third time! Mother is concerned but doesn't know if she has any legal repercussions. Please advise.
1 Answer from Attorneys
There are no statutes which address this precise question. But pulling a child's teeth without the parents' permission (it's not clear from your question whether the father approved or not)strikes me as a battery, which could have civil and criminal consequences. It might also amount to practicing dentistry without a license, but I have not researched that question.
What I'd like to know is why this babysitter was hired again after doing the same thing twice before.
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