{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-843.5v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-843.5v2","heading":"Child abuse - Child neglect - Child sexual abuse -","body":"Child sexual exploitation - Enabling – Penalties.\n\nA. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in\n\nchild abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be\n\nguilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by\n\nimprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nB. Any person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of\n\na child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child\n\nabuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be\n\npunished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a\n\ncounty jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not less than\n\nFive Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nC. Any person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of\n\na child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child neglect,\n\nas defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by\n\nimprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not\n\nexceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not\n\nexceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not less than Five Hundred\n\nDollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00),\n\nor both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nD. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or\n\nmaliciously engage in enabling child neglect shall, upon conviction,\n\nbe punished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a\n\ncounty jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not less than\n\nFive Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nE. Any person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of\n\na child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child sexual\n\nabuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be\n\npunished by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of\n\nCorrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a\n\ncounty jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine not less than\n\nFive Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars\n\n($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment, except as provided\n\nin Section 51.1a of this title or as otherwise provided in\n\nsubsection F of this section for a child victim under twelve (12)\n\nyears of age. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without\n\nparole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or\n\nmore for a violation of this subsection shall be required to serve a\n\nterm of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of\n\nparagraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of\n\nCorrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-\n\nimprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual\n\nimprisonment.\n\nF. Any person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of\n\na child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child sexual\n\nabuse, as defined in this section, to a child under twelve (12)\n\nyears of age shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in\n\nthe custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than\n\ntwenty-five (25) years nor more than life imprisonment, and by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00).\n\nG. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or\n\nmaliciously engage in enabling child sexual abuse shall, upon\n\nconviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by\n(25) years nor more than life imprisonment, and by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00).\n\nG. Any parent or other person who shall willfully or\n\nmaliciously engage in enabling child sexual abuse shall, upon\n\nconviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by\n\nimprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nH. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in\n\nchild sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, shall, upon\n\nconviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by\n\nimprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment,\n\nexcept as provided in subsection I of this section for a child\n\nvictim under twelve (12) years of age. Except for persons sentenced\n\nto life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment\n\nfor two (2) years or more for a violation of this subsection shall\n\nbe required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision\n\npursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section\n\n991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions\n\ndetermined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be\n\nadvised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in\n\naddition to the actual imprisonment.\n\nI. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in\n\nchild sexual exploitation, as defined in this section, of a child\n\nunder twelve (12) years of age shall, upon conviction, be punished\n\nby imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for\n\nnot less than twenty-five (25) years nor more than life\n\nimprisonment, and by a fine not less than Five Hundred Dollars\n\n($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).\n\nJ. Any person responsible for the health, safety, or welfare of\n\na child who shall willfully or maliciously engage in enabling child\n\nsexual exploitation, as defined in this section, shall, upon\n\nconviction, be punished by imprisonment in the custody of the\n\nDepartment of Corrections not exceeding life imprisonment, or by\n\nimprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a\n\nfine not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five\n\nThousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.\n\nK. In addition to any other punishment prescribed by law, any\n\nperson convicted of forcible anal or oral sodomy, rape, or rape by\n\ninstrumentation of a child under fourteen (14) years of age shall be\n\neligible for punishment by death or by imprisonment for life without\n\nparole.\n\nL. Provided, however, that nothing contained in this section\n\nshall prohibit any parent or guardian from using reasonable and\n\nordinary force pursuant to Section 844 of this title.\n\nM. Consent shall not be a defense for any violation provided\n\nfor in this section.\n\nN. Notwithstanding the age requirements of other statutes\n\nreferenced within this section, this section shall apply to any\n\nchild under eighteen (18) years of age.\n\nO. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Child abuse” means:\n\na. the willful or malicious harm or threatened harm or\n\nfailure to protect from harm or threatened harm to the\n\nhealth, safety, or welfare of a child under eighteen\nn this section.\n\nN. Notwithstanding the age requirements of other statutes\n\nreferenced within this section, this section shall apply to any\n\nchild under eighteen (18) years of age.\n\nO. As used in this section:\n\n1. “Child abuse” means:\n\na. the willful or malicious harm or threatened harm or\n\nfailure to protect from harm or threatened harm to the\n\nhealth, safety, or welfare of a child under eighteen\n\n(18) years of age by a person responsible for a\n\nchild’s health, safety, or welfare, or\n\nb. the act of willfully or maliciously injuring,\n\ntorturing, or maiming a child under eighteen (18)\n\nyears of age by any person;\n\n2. “Child neglect” means the willful or malicious neglect, as\n\ndefined by Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, of\n\na child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person responsible for\n\na child’s health, safety, or welfare;\n\n3. “Child sexual abuse” means the willful or malicious sexual\n\nabuse of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by a person\n\nresponsible for a child’s health, safety, or welfare and includes,\n\nbut is not limited to:\n\na. sexual intercourse,\n\nb. penetration of the vagina or anus, however slight, by\n\nan inanimate object or any part of the human body not\n\namounting to sexual intercourse,\n\nc. sodomy,\n\nd. incest, or\n\ne. a lewd act or proposal, as defined in this section;\n\n4. “Child sexual exploitation” means the willful or malicious\n\nsexual exploitation of a child under eighteen (18) years of age by\n\nanother and includes, but is not limited to:\n\na. human trafficking, as provided for in Section 748 of\n\nthis title, if the offense involved child trafficking\n\nfor commercial sex,\n\nb. trafficking in children, as provided for in Section\n\n866 of this title, if the offense was committed for\n\nthe sexual gratification of any person,\n\nc. procuring or causing the participation of a minor in\n\nchild sexual abuse material, as provided for in\n\nSection 1021.2 of this title,\n\nd. purchase, procurement, or possession of child sexual\n\nabuse material, as provided for in Section 1024.2 of\n\nthis title,\n\ne. engaging in or soliciting prostitution, as provided\n\nfor in Section 1029 of this title, if the offense\n\ninvolved child sex trafficking,\n\nf. publication, distribution, or participation in the\n\npreparation of obscene material, as provided for in\n\nSection 1040.8 of this title, if the offense involved\n\nchild sexual abuse material,\n\ng. aggravated possession of child sexual abuse material,\n\nas provided for in Section 1040.12a of this title,\n\nh. sale or distribution of obscene material, as provided\n\nfor in Section 1040.13 of this title,\n\ni. soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a\n\nminor by use of technology, as provided for in Section\n\n1040.13a of this title,\n\nj. offering or transporting a child for purposes of child\n\nsex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1087 of\n\nthis title, and\n\nk. child sex trafficking, as provided for in Section 1088\n\nof this title;\n\n5. “Enabling child abuse” means the causing, procuring, or\n\npermitting of child abuse by a person responsible for a child’s\n\nhealth, safety, or welfare;\n\n6. “Enabling child neglect” means the causing, procuring, or\n\npermitting of child neglect by a person responsible for a child’s\n\nhealth, safety, or welfare;\n\n7. “Enabling child sexual abuse” means the causing, procuring,\n\nor permitting of child sexual abuse by a person responsible for a\n\nchild’s health, safety, or welfare;\n\n8. “Enabling child sexual exploitation” means the causing,\n\nprocuring, or permitting of child sexual exploitation by a person\n\nresponsible for a child’s health, safety, or welfare;\n\n9. “Incest” means marrying, committing adultery, or fornicating\n\nwith a child by a person responsible for the health, safety, or\n\nwelfare of a child;\n\n10. “Lewd act or proposal” means:\n\na. making any oral, written, or electronic or computer-\nal exploitation” means the causing,\n\nprocuring, or permitting of child sexual exploitation by a person\n\nresponsible for a child’s health, safety, or welfare;\n\n9. “Incest” means marrying, committing adultery, or fornicating\n\nwith a child by a person responsible for the health, safety, or\n\nwelfare of a child;\n\n10. “Lewd act or proposal” means:\n\na. making any oral, written, or electronic or computer-\n\ngenerated lewd or indecent proposal to a child for the\n\nchild to have unlawful sexual relations or sexual\n\nintercourse with any person,\n\nb. looking upon, touching, mauling, or feeling the body\n\nor private parts of a child in a lewd or lascivious\n\nmanner or for the purpose of sexual gratification,\n\nc. asking, inviting, enticing, or persuading any child to\n\ngo alone with any person to a secluded, remote, or\n\nsecret place for a lewd or lascivious purpose,\n\nd. urinating or defecating upon a child or causing,\n\nforcing, or requiring a child to defecate or urinate\n\nupon the body or private parts of another person for\n\nthe purpose of sexual gratification,\n\ne. ejaculating upon or in the presence of a child,\n\nf. causing, exposing, forcing, or requiring a child to\n\nlook upon the body or private parts of another person\n\nfor the purpose of sexual gratification,\n\ng. causing, forcing, or requiring any child to view any\n\nobscene materials, child sexual abuse material or\n\nmaterials deemed harmful to minors as such terms are\n\ndefined in Sections 1024.1 and 1040.75 of this title,\n\nh. causing, exposing, forcing, or requiring a child to\n\nlook upon sexual acts performed in the presence of the\n\nchild for the purpose of sexual gratification, or\n\ni. causing, forcing, or requiring a child to touch or\n\nfeel the body or private parts of the child or another\n\nperson for the purpose of sexual gratification;\n\n11. “Permit” means to authorize or allow for the care of a\n\nchild by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such\n\ncare knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed\n\nat risk of the conduct or harm proscribed by this section;\n\n12. “Person responsible for a child’s health, safety, or\n\nwelfare” for purposes of this section shall include, but not be\n\nlimited to:\n\na. the parent of the child,\n\nb. the legal guardian of the child,\n\nc. the custodian of the child,\n\nd. the foster parent of the child,\n\ne. a person eighteen (18) years of age or older with whom\n\nthe parent of the child cohabitates, who is at least\n\nthree (3) years older than the child,\n\nf. any other person eighteen (18) years of age or older\n\nresiding in the home of the child, who is at least\n\nthree (3) years older than the child,\n\ng. an owner, operator, agent, employee, or volunteer of a\n\npublic or private residential home, institution,\n\nfacility, or day treatment program, as defined in\n\nSection 175.20 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes,\n\nthat the child attended,\n\nh. an owner, operator, agent, employee, or volunteer of a\n\nchild care facility, as defined in Section 402 of\n\nTitle 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, that the child\n\nattended,\n\ni. an intimate partner of the parent of the child, as\n\ndefined in Section 60.1 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes, or\n\nj. a person who has voluntarily accepted responsibility\n\nfor the care or supervision of a child;\n\n13. “Sexual intercourse” means the actual penetration, however\n\nslight, of the vagina or anus by the penis; and\n\n14. “Sodomy” means:\n\na. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of the child\n\nby a penis,\n\nb. penetration, however slight, of the vagina of a person\n\nresponsible for a child’s health, safety, or welfare,\n\nby the mouth of a child,\n\nc. penetration, however slight, of the mouth of the\n\nperson responsible for a child’s health, safety, or\n\nwelfare by the penis of the child, or\n\nd. penetration, however slight, of the vagina of the\n\nchild by the mouth of the person responsible for a\n\nchild’s health, safety, or welfare.","path":["OK Code","Title 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