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2018 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 15 - Offenses Against the Family
Part 5 - Elderly and Vulnerable Adults
§ 39-15-507. Offense of neglect of elderly adult -- Offense of neglect of vulnerable adult. [Effective on January 1, 2019.]
Universal Citation: TN Code § 39-15-507 (2018)
(a) It is an offense for a caregiver to willfully and knowingly neglect an elderly or vulnerable adult, so as to adversely affect the person's health or welfare.
(b) The offense of neglect of an elderly adult is a Class E felony.
(c) The offense of neglect of a vulnerable adult is a Class D felony.
(d) If the neglect is a result of abandonment or confinement and no injury occurred, then the neglect by abandonment or confinement of an elderly or vulnerable adult is a Class A misdemeanor.
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