MISTREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OR PATIENTS.

609.231 MISTREATMENT OF RESIDENTS OR PATIENTS. Whoever, being in charge of or employed in any facility required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 144.50 to 144.58, or 144A.02, intentionally abuses, ill-treats, or culpably neglects any patient or resident therein to the patient's or resident's physical detriment may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both. History: 1973 c 688 s 9; 1976 c 173 s 60; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2023 c 52 art 6 s 16