Statutes | Cherokee Code PArt II Chapter 14 Article IX ยง 14-40.16 | 2019
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to abuse or neglect an elderly person by:(1)Intentional or negligent infliction of bodily injury or(2)Unreasonable confinement, intimidation, cruel punishment or treatment resulting in physical harm, pain, or mental anguish of the elder.
(b) For purposes of this section, "elderly person" includes any person who is at least 60 years of age, or an incapacitated adult over 18 years of age.
(c) Elder abuse and neglect shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, by a term of imprisonment not to exceed one year, by exclusion of not less than one year nor more than life, or any combination of them.
(Ord. No. 117, 3-3-2000)