{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-843.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-843.1","heading":"Caretakers - Abuse, financial neglect, neglect, sexual","body":"abuse or exploitation of charge.\n\nA. 1. No caretaker or other person shall abuse, commit\n\nfinancial neglect, neglect, commit sexual abuse, or exploit any\n\nperson entrusted to the care of such caretaker or other person in a\n\nnursing facility or other setting, or knowingly cause, secure, or\n\npermit any of these acts to be done.\n\n2. For purposes of this section, the terms \"abuse\", “financial\n\nneglect”, \"neglect\", \"sexual abuse\", and \"exploit\" shall have the\n\nsame meaning as such terms are defined and clarified in Section 10-\n\n103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nB. 1. Any person convicted of a violation of this section,\n\nexcept as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, shall be\n\nguilty of a Class B1 felony offense. The violator, upon conviction,\n\nshall be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department\n\nof Corrections for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, and by a\n\nfine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment, and in addition, the person shall be\n\nsubject to the Elderly and Incapacitated Victim’s Protection Act.\n\nSuch person’s term shall further be subject to the provisions of\n\nSection 13.1 of this title for mandatory minimum sentencing.\n\n2. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this\n\nsection by committing sexual abuse shall be guilty of a Class A3\n\nfelony offense. The person convicted of sexual abuse shall be\n\npunished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections for a term not to exceed fifteen (15) years, and by a\n\nfine not exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by both\n\nsuch fine and imprisonment, and in addition, the person shall be\n\nsubject to the Elderly and Incapacitated Victim’s Protection Act.\n\nSuch person’s imprisonment term imposed pursuant to this section\n\nshall further be subject to the provisions of Section 13.1 of this\n\ntitle for mandatory minimum sentencing.\n\nC. Consent shall not be a defense for any violation of this\n\nsection.\n\nD. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole,\n\nany person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a\n\nviolation of paragraph 2 of subsection B of this section shall be\n\nrequired to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant\n\nto subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of\n\nTitle 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the\n\nDepartment of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the\n\nmandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the\n\nactual imprisonment.","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0bba1fd1d3353f8577dbe7427defc0d9ac717871b39675f528444f4189bfb26b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-843","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-843.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}