2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 565 Offenses Against the Person
565.200. Skilled nursing facility residents, sexual contact or intercourse with, penalties--consent not a defense.
Skilled nursing facility residents, sexual contact or intercourse
with, penalties--consent not a defense.
565.200. 1. Any owner or employee of a skilled nursing facility, as defined in section 198.006, RSMo, or an Alzheimer's special unit or program, as defined in section 198.505, RSMo, who:
(1) Has sexual contact, as defined in section 566.010, RSMo, with a resident is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Any person who commits a second or subsequent violation of this subdivision is guilty of a class A misdemeanor; or
(2) Has sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse, as defined in section 566.010, RSMo, with a resident is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any person who commits a second or subsequent violation of this subdivision is guilty of a class D felony.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an owner or employee of a skilled nursing facility or Alzheimer's special unit or program who engages in sexual conduct, as defined in section 566.010, RSMo, with a resident to whom the owner or employee is married.
3. Consent of the victim is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to this section.
(L. 2002 S.B. 969, et al.)
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