OREGON CRIMINAL MISTREATMENT LAWS

   ORS 163.200 Criminal mistreatment in the second degree. 

   (1) A person commits the crime of criminal mistreatment in the second degree if, with criminal negligence and:

   (a) In violation of a legal duty to provide care for another person, the person withholds necessary and adequate food, physical care or medical attention from that person; or

   (b) Having assumed the permanent or temporary care, custody or responsibility for the supervision of another person, the person withholds necessary and adequate food, physical care or medical attention from that person.

   (2) Criminal mistreatment in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

   (3) As used in this section, “legal duty” includes but is not limited to a duty created by familial relationship, court order, contractual agreement or statutory or case law. [1973 c.627 §2; 1993 c.364 §1]

   ORS 163.205 Criminal mistreatment in the first degree. 

   (1) A person commits the crime of criminal mistreatment in the first degree if:

      (a) The person, in violation of a legal duty to provide care for another person, or having assumed the permanent or temporary care, custody or responsibility for the supervision of another person, intentionally or knowingly withholds necessary and adequate food, physical care or medical attention from that other person; or

      (b) The person, in violation of a legal duty to provide care for a dependent person or elderly person, or having assumed the permanent or temporary care, custody or responsibility for the supervision of a dependent person or elderly person, intentionally or knowingly:

      (A) Causes physical injury or injuries to the dependent person or elderly person;

      (B) Deserts the dependent person or elderly person in a place with the intent to abandon that person;

      (C) Leaves the dependent person or elderly person unattended at a place for such a period of time as may be likely to endanger the health or welfare of that person;

      (D) Hides the dependent person’s or elderly person’s money or property or takes the money or property for, or appropriates the money or property to, any use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of the person’s responsibility;

      (E) Takes charge of a dependent or elderly person for the purpose of fraud;

      (F) Leaves the dependent person or elderly person, or causes the dependent person or elderly person to enter or remain, in or upon premises:

      (i) Where a cannabinoid extract as defined in ORS 475C.009 is being processed; and

      (ii) That have not been licensed under ORS 475C.085; or

      (G) Leaves the dependent person or elderly person, or causes the dependent person or elderly person to enter or remain, in or upon premises where a chemical reaction involving one or more precursor substances:

      (i) Is occurring as part of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance or grinding, soaking or otherwise breaking down a precursor substance for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance; or

      (ii) Has occurred as part of unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance or grinding, soaking or otherwise breaking down a precursor substance for the unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance and the premises have not been certified as fit for use under ORS 453.885.

   (2) As used in this section:

      (a) “Controlled substance” has the meaning given that term in ORS 475.005.

      (b) “Dependent person” means a person who because of either age or a physical or mental disability is dependent upon another to provide for the person’s physical needs.

      (c) “Elderly person” means a person 65 years of age or older.

      (d) “Legal duty” includes but is not limited to a duty created by familial relationship, court order, contractual agreement or statutory or case law.

      (e) “Precursor substance” has the meaning given that term in ORS 475.940.

   (3) Criminal mistreatment in the first degree is a Class C felony. [1973 c.627 §3; 1981 c.486 §1; 1993 c.364 §2; 2005 c.708 §1; 2017 c.21 §43]

   ORS 163.206 Exceptions to criminal mistreatment. 

   ORS 163.200 and 163.205 do not apply:

   (1) To a person acting pursuant to a court order, an advance directive or a form for appointing a health care representative pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or a POLST, as defined in ORS 127.663;

   (2) To a person withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration pursuant to ORS 127.505 to 127.660;

   (3) When a competent person refuses food, physical care or medical care;

   (4) To a person who provides an elderly person or a dependent person who is at least 18 years of age with spiritual treatment through prayer from a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095, in lieu of medical treatment, in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination of which the elderly or dependent person is a member or an adherent; or

   (5) To a duly accredited practitioner of spiritual treatment as provided in ORS 124.095. [1993 c.364 §3; 1995 c.79 §51; 1999 c.954 §5; 2009 c.595 §1190; 2011 c.291 §4; 2018 c.36 §28]