Failure to Provide Notice and Report Death of Resident of Institution

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

1 Degree
2 Statute(s)
3 Caselaw
4 Collateral Consequences
5 Notes

Degree

Failure to provide notice and report the death of a resident of an institution is a class B misdemeanor

Statute(s)

§ 38.19. FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE AND REPORT OF DEATH OF RESIDENT OF INSTITUTION.

(a) A superintendent or general manager of an institution commits an offense if, as required by Article 49.24 or 49.25, Code of Criminal Procedure, the person fails to:
    (1) provide notice of the death of an individual under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution;
    (2) submit a report on the death of the individual; or
    (3) include in the report material facts known or discovered by the person at the time the report was filed.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 894, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.