Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 260.34 Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an
incompetent or physically disabled person in the first
degree.
A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree when, being a caregiver for a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person:
1. With intent to cause physical injury to such person, he or she causes serious physical injury to such person; or
2. He or she recklessly causes serious physical injury to such person.
Endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person in the first degree is a class D felony.
A caregiver endangers a vulnerable elderly, incompetent, or physically disabled person in the first degree by:
The offense is a class D 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.