GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 901

HOUSE BILL 1356

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE THE CRIME OF ABUSING, NEGLECTING OR EXPLOITING A DISABLED ADULT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. A new section is added to Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes to read:

"§ 14-32.2. Abuse, neglect or exploitation of disabled adult.-The abuse, neglect or exploitation of a disabled adult by his caretaker or agent or employee of his caretaker, as the terms 'abuse', 'caretaker', 'disabled adult', 'exploitation' and 'neglect' are defined in G.S. 108A-101, is a misdemeanor."

Sec. 2. This act is effective October 1, 1983, and shall apply only to Haywood County.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1983.