§ 18-6-401.3. Video Tape Depositions – Children – Victims of Child Abuse
When a defendant has been charged with an act of child abuse, as defined in section 18-6-401 (1), and when the victim at the time of the commission of the act is a child less than fifteen years of age, the prosecution may apply to the court for an order that a deposition be taken […]
§ 18-6-401.4. Payment of Treatment Costs for the Victim or Victims of an Act of Child Abuse
In addition to any other penalty provided by law, the court may order any person who is convicted of an act of child abuse, as defined in section 18-6-401 (1), to meet all or any portion of the financial obligations of treatment prescribed for the victim or victims of his offense. At the time of […]
§ 18-6-403. Sexual Exploitation of a Child – Legislative Declaration – Definitions
The general assembly hereby finds and declares: That the sexual exploitation of children constitutes a wrongful invasion of the child’s right of privacy and results in social, developmental, and emotional injury to the child; that a child below the age of eighteen years is incapable of giving informed consent to the use of his or […]
§ 18-6-404. Procurement of a Child for Sexual Exploitation
Any person who intentionally gives, transports, provides, or makes available, or who offers to give, transport, provide, or make available, to another person a child for the purpose of sexual exploitation of a child commits procurement of a child for sexual exploitation, which is a class 3 felony. Source: L. 83: Entire section added, p. […]
§ 18-6-405. Reports of Convictions to Department of Education
When a person is convicted, pleads nolo contendere, or receives a deferred sentence for a violation of the provisions of this part 4 and the court knows the person is a current or former employee of a school district in this state or holds a license or authorization pursuant to the provisions of article 60.5 […]
§ 18-6-401. Child Abuse – Definition
A person commits child abuse if such person causes an injury to a child’s life or health, or permits a child to be unreasonably placed in a situation that poses a threat of injury to the child’s life or health, or engages in a continued pattern of conduct that results in malnourishment, lack of proper […]
§ 18-6-401.1. Child Abuse – Limitation for Commencing Proceedings – Evidence – Statutory Privilege
For the purposes of this section, “child abuse” means child abuse as defined in section 18-6-401 (1). No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an act of child abuse other than the misdemeanor offenses specified in section 18-6-401 (7)(a)(V), (7)(a)(VI), and (7)(b), unless the indictment, information, complaint, or action for the same is […]
§ 18-6-401.2. Habitual Child Abusers – Indictment or Information – Verdict of the Jury
For the purposes of this section, “child abuse” means child abuse as defined in section 18-6-401 (1). Every person convicted in this state of an act of child abuse who has been previously convicted upon charges prior to the commission of the present act, which were separately brought, either in this state or elsewhere, of […]