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1. The emergency department of a hospital licensed under Chapter 70.41 RCW during the <br /> hours the hospital is in operation; or <br /> 2. A fire station during its hours of operation and while fire personnel are present. <br /> J. "Newborn"means a live human being who is less than seventy-two hours old. <br /> K. "Qualified person"means: <br /> 1. Any person that the parent transferring the newborn reasonable believes is a bona fide <br /> employee, volunteer, or medical staff member of the hospital and who represents to the parent <br /> transferring the newborn that he or she can and will summon appropriate resources to meet the <br /> newborn's immediate needs; or <br /> 2. A fire fighter, volunteer, or emergency medical technician at a fire station who represents to <br /> the parent transferring the newborn that he or she can and will summon appropriate resources to <br /> meet the newborn's immediate needs. <br /> Section 2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2648-00 (EMC 10.19.020), as amended by Section 1 of <br /> Ordinance No. 2621-02, which reads as follows: <br /> Criminal mistreatment in the third degree. <br /> A. A person is guilty of the crime of criminal mistreatment in the third degree if the person is <br /> the parent of a child, is a person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or other dependent <br /> person, or is a person employed to provide to the child or dependent person the basic necessities <br /> of life, and either: <br /> 1. With criminal negligence, creates an imminent and substantial risk of substantial bodily <br /> harm to a child or dependent person by withholding any of the basic necessities of life; or <br /> 2. With criminal negligence, causes substantial bodily harm to a child or dependent person by <br /> withholding any of the basic necessities of life. <br /> B. Criminal mistreatment in the third degree is a gross misdemeanor. <br /> Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Criminal mistreatment in the third degree. <br /> A. A person is guilty of the crime of criminal mistreatment in the third degree if the person is <br /> the parent of a child, is a person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or other dependent <br /> person, is a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic <br /> necessities of life, or is a person employed to provide to the child or dependent person the basic <br /> necessities of life and with criminal negligence, creates an imminent and substantial risk of <br />