Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 120.01 Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider.
A person is guilty of reckless assault of a child when, being a child day care provider or an employee thereof, he or she recklessly causes serious physical injury to a child under the care of such provider or employee who is less than eleven years of age.
Reckless assault of a child by a child day care provider is a class E felony.
A child day-care provider or employee commits reckless assault of a child by recklessly causing serious physical injury to a child under 11 in that provider’s or employee’s care. ★ It is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.