If someone is legally required to report elder abuse or neglect and they knowingly choose not to report it, that is a crime. It is treated as a class A misdemeanor, which is one of the more serious minor crimes.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
565.188. Failure to report or — . — 1. A person commits the of failure to report elder abuse or neglect if he or she is required to make a report as required under (2) of 1 of section 192.2405, and fails to make a report.
2. The offense of failure to report elder abuse or neglect is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1992 S.B. 573 & 634 § 5, A.L. 2003 S.B. 556 & 311, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Related Missouri laws
Filing a false elder abuse or neglect report
RSMo 565.189
Abuse of an elderly person, a person with disability, or a vulnerable person
RSMo 565.184
Custody of child
RSMo 565.167
Venue
RSMo 565.163
Defenses to interference with custody, parental kidnapping, and child abduction
RSMo 565.160
Failure to report vulnerable person abuse
RSMo 565.218
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