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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-202

Endangering the welfare of an incompetent person in the second degree

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Burnette v. State (2003)

Most recently applied in Burnette v. State (October 2003)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2410; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2410; Acts 2005, No. 2216, § 2.

(1) A person commits the offense of endangering the welfare of an incompetent person in the second degree if he or she knowingly engages in conduct creating a substantial risk of serious harm to the physical or mental welfare of a person known by the actor to be an incompetent person.

(2) As used in this section, “serious harm to the physical or mental welfare of a person” means physical or mental injury that causes: Protracted disfigurement;

(3) Protracted impairment of physical or mental health; or

(4) Loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.

(5) Endangering the welfare of an incompetent person in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.