2005 Minnesota Statutes - 609.234 — Failure to report.

     609.234 Failure to report. 


    Subdivision 1.    Crime.  Any mandated reporter who is 
 required to report under section 626.557, who knows or has 
 reason to believe that a vulnerable adult is being or has been 
 maltreated, as defined in section 626.5572, subdivision 15, and 
 who does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor: 


    (1) intentionally fails to make a report; 


    (2) knowingly provides information which is false, 
 deceptive, or misleading; or 


    (3) intentionally fails to provide all of the material 
 circumstances surrounding the incident which are known to the 
 reporter when the report is made. 


    Subd. 2.    Increased penalty.  It is a gross 
 misdemeanor for a person who is mandated to report under section 
 626.557, who knows or has reason to believe that a vulnerable 
 adult is being or has been maltreated, as defined in section 
 626.5572, subdivision 15, to intentionally fail to make a report 
 if: 


    (1) the person knows the maltreatment caused or contributed 
 to the death or great bodily harm of a vulnerable adult; and 


    (2) the failure to report causes or contributes to the 
 death or great bodily harm of a vulnerable adult or protects the 
 mandated reporter's interests. 


    HIST: 1995 c 229 art 2 s 6