§ 40.1-27-4 - Penalty – Failure to report.
SECTION 40.1-27-4
§ 40.1-27-4 Penalty – Failure toreport. – (a) Any person so required to make a report as provided by § 40.1-27-2 andwho fails to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fineof not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) Any person who alters or changes without authorization ordestroys or renders unavailable a report made by another pursuant to §40.1-27-2 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be fined not more than fivehundred dollars ($500).
(c) Any person who shall attempt, with or without threats orpromises of benefit, to induce another to fail to report an incident of abuse,mistreatment, or neglect shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by afine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for more thanone year, or both.
(d) Any person who fails to report an incident of abuse,mistreatment, or neglect after another has indicated a reliance on thereporting pursuant to § 40.1-27-2 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor andshall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned formore than one year, or both.