Statutes | Cherokee Code PArt II Chapter 14 Article IX ยง 14-40.12 | 2019
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to physically abuse a patient of a health care facility or a resident of a residential care facility, when the abuse is the result of an intentional or grossly negligent act or omission which causes serious bodily injury or death.
(b) Patient abuse and neglect shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $15,000.00, by a term of imprisonment not to exceed three years, exclusion for a term of not less than one year nor more than life, or any combination of them.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000 Ord. No. 182, 8-6-2012)