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.