Puerto Rico · Código Penal de Puerto Rico 2012 (Ley 146-2012)
Cód. Penal PR § 127: Negligencia en el cuidado de personas de edad avanzada e incapacitados
What this law says, in plain English
A person who negligently fails to provide required food and care to an elderly or incapacitated person, endangering their life or health, is punishable by fixed imprisonment of two years.
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