§61-2-27a. Required Reporting of Burns
(a) Any health care provider who examines or renders medical treatment to a person suffering from an injury caused by a burn resulting from fire or a chemical, where the circumstances under which the examination is made or treatment is rendered, or where the condition of the injury gives the health care provider reasonable cause […]
§61-2-28. Domestic Violence — Criminal Acts
(a) Domestic battery. — Any person who unlawfully and intentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with his or her family or household member, or unlawfully and intentionally causes physical harm to his or her family or household member, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in […]
§61-2-29. Abuse or Neglect of Incapacitated Adult; Definitions; Penalties
(a) The following words, when used in this section and sections twenty -nine-a and twenty-nine-b of this article, have the meaning ascribed, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) “Abuse” means the intentional infliction of bodily injury on an incapacitated adult;
§61-2-29a. Death of an Incapacitated Adult by a Caregiver
(a) A caregiver who intentionally and maliciously neglects an incapacitated adult causing death is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5000 and be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a definite term of not less than five nor more than fifteen years. (b) A caregiver of […]
§61-2-29b. Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, Protected Person, or Incapacitated Adult; Penalties; Definitions
(a) Any person who financially exploits an elderly person, protected person, or an incapacitated adult in the amount of less than $1,000 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined. (b) Any […]
§61-2-30. Recognizing an Embryo or Fetus as a Distinct Unborn Victim of Certain Crimes of Violence Against the Person
(a) This section may be known and cited as the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. (b) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: Provided, That these definitions only apply for purposes of prosecution of unlawful acts under this section and may not otherwise be used: (i) To create or to imply […]
§61-2-16a. Malicious Assault; Unlawful Assault; Battery and Recidivism of Battery; Assault on a Driver, Conductor, Motorman, Captain, Pilot or Other Person in Charge of Any Vehicle Used for Public Conveyance
(a) Malicious assault. — Any person who maliciously shoots, stabs, cuts or wounds or by any means causes bodily injury with intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill any driver, conductor, motorman, captain or other person in charge of any vehicle or boat, driven by steam, electricity, gasoline or other motive power and used for […]
§61-2-26. Doors to Be Removed From Abandoned Refrigerators, Freezers and Other Appliances; Penalties
No person shall abandon any refrigerator or food freezer appliance or other airtight appliance having a height or length greater than two feet without first removing all entry doors therefrom. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200, […]
§61-2-27. Required Reporting of Gunshot and Other Wounds
(a) Any medical provider who provides medical treatment to a person suffering from a wound caused by a gunshot or a knife or other sharp or pointed instrument, under circumstances which would lead a reasonable person to believe resulted from a violation of the criminal laws of this state, shall report the same to a […]
§61-2-14e. One Aiding or Abetting in Offense Under §61-2-14, §61-2-14a, §61-2-14c or §61-2-14d Guilty as Principal; Venue
If any person in any way knowingly aid or abet any other person in the commission of any offense described in section fourteen, fourteen-a, fourteen-c or fourteen-d of this article, either as accessory before or an accessory after the fact, such person so aiding and abetting shall be guilty as a principal in the commission […]