Section 300: Duty to provide necessaries

It is the duty of every person having charge of another who is unable by reason of age,
sickness, unsoundness of mind, detention or any other cause to withdraw himself from
such charge, and who is unable to provide himself with the necessaries of life, whether
the charge is undertaken under a contract, or is imposed by law, or arises by reason of
any act, whether lawful or unlawful, of the person who has such charge, to provide for
that other person the necessaries of life; and he is held to have caused any
consequences which result to the life or health of the other person by reason of any
omission to perform that duty.