9 GCA § 31.40: Abuse of An Incompetent; Defined & Punished.

(a) A person is guilty of abuse of an incompetent when:

(1) he subjects an incompetent to cruel mistreatment; or

(2) having an incompetent in his care of custody or under his control, he:

(A) deserts that incompetent with intent to abandon him;

(B) subjects that incompetent to cruel mistreatment; or

(C) unreasonably causes or permits the physical or emotional health of that incompetent to be endangered. (b) As used in this Section, incompetent means a person who is unable to care for himself because of old age, or because of physical or mental illness, disease or defect.

(c) Abuse of an incompetent is a felony of the third degree when it is committed under circumstances likely to result in death or serious bodily injury. Otherwise, it is a misdemeanor.