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Timestamp: 2019-11-17 16:16:55
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K.S.A. 21-5417
Statute Number: 21-5417
Brief Description: Mistreatment of a dependent adult; mistreatment of an elder
21-5417. Mistreatment of a dependent adult; mistreatment of an elder person. (a) Mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person is knowingly committing one or more of the following acts:
(1) Infliction of physical injury, unreasonable confinement or unreasonable punishment upon a dependent adult or an elder person;
(2) taking the personal property or financial resources of a dependent adult or an elder person for the benefit of the defendant or another person by taking control, title, use or management of the personal property or financial resources of a dependent adult or an elder person through:
(A) Undue influence, coercion, harassment, duress, deception, false representation, false pretense or without adequate consideration to such dependent adult or elder person;
(B) a violation of the Kansas power of attorney act, K.S.A. 58-650 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(D) a violation of the act for obtaining a guardian or a conservator, or both, K.S.A. 59-3050 et seq., and amendments thereto; or
(3) omission or deprivation of treatment, goods or services that are necessary to maintain physical or mental health of such dependent adult or elder person.
(b) Mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person as defined in:
(E) at least $1,500 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 7, person felony;
(F) less than $1,500 is a class A person misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (b)(2)(G); and
(G) less than $1,500 and committed by a person who has, within five years immediately preceding commission of the crime, been convicted of a violation of this section two or more times is a severity level 7, person felony; and
(c) It shall be an affirmative defense to any prosecution for mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person as described in subsection (a)(2) that:
(d) No dependent adult or elder person is considered to be mistreated under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) for the sole reason that such dependent adult or elder person relies upon or is being furnished treatment by spiritual means through prayer in lieu of medical treatment in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which such dependent adult or elder person is a member or adherent.
(D) individual with intellectual disability or a developmental disability receiving services through a community facility for people with intellectual disability or residential facility licensed under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 39-2001 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(3) "Elder person" means a person 60 years of age or older.
(f) An offender who violates the provisions of this section may also be prosecuted for, convicted of, and punished for any other offense in article 54, 55, 56 or 58 of chapter 21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, or K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-6418, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 52; L. 2011, ch. 91, § 33; L. 2012, ch. 91, § 15; L. 2014, ch. 90, § 1; L. 2014, ch. 139, § 1; L. 2018, ch. 112, § 5; July 1.