Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-28-103. Criminal penalties for abuse of an endangered or impaired person
Current as of January 01, 2020 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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(a) It is unlawful for any person or caregiver to abuse, neglect, or exploit any endangered person or impaired person subject to protection under a provision of this chapter.
(b)(1) If the abuse causes serious physical injury or a substantial risk of death, any person or caregiver who purposely abuses an endangered person or an impaired person is guilty of a Class B felony.
(2) If the abuse causes physical injury, any person or caregiver who purposely abuses an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person in violation of a provision of this chapter is guilty of a Class D felony.
(3) Any person or caregiver who abuses an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(c)(1) Any person or caregiver who neglects an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person in violation of a provision of this chapter, causing serious physical injury or substantial risk of death, is guilty of a Class D felony.
(2) Any person or caregiver who neglects an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person in violation of a provision of this chapter, causing physical injury, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(3) Any person or caregiver who purposely neglects an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person without causing physical injury is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) Any person or caregiver who exploits a person in violation of a provision of this chapter when the value of the property, asset, or resource is:
(1) Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more, is guilty of a Class B felony;
(2) Less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) but more than two hundred dollars ($200), is guilty of a Class C felony; and
(3) Two hundred dollars ($200) or less, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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