2015 District of Columbia Code
Division IV - Criminal law and procedure and prisoners.
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
Subtitle I - Criminal Offenses.
Chapter 9A - Criminal Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults.
§ 22-933. Criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult.
A person is guilty of criminal abuse of a vulnerable adult if that person intentionally or knowingly:
(1) Inflicts or threatens to inflict physical pain or injury by hitting, slapping, kicking, pinching, biting, pulling hair or other corporal means;
(2) Uses repeated or malicious oral or written statements that would be considered by a reasonable person to be harassing or threatening; or
(3) Imposes unreasonable confinement or involuntary seclusion, including but not limited to, the forced separation from other persons against his or her will or the directions of any legal representative.
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