Any parent or other person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse or neglect or who shall otherwise willfully or maliciously injure, torture, maim, use unreasonable force upon a child under the age of eighteen (18), or sexually abuse, sexually exploit or otherwise abuse or neglect such child, or who shall willfully or maliciously cause, procure or permit any of said acts to be done, shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony and punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding life imprisonment, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment. As used in this section, "permit" means to authorize or allow for the care of a child by an individual when the person authorizing or allowing such care knows or reasonably should know that the child will be placed at risk of abuse as proscribed by this section.

Laws 1963, HB 781, c. 53, § 1, emerg. eff. May 8, 1963; Amended by Laws 1975, HB 1079, c. 250, § 2, emerg. eff. June 2, 1975; Amended by Laws 1977, SB 335, c. 172, § 1, eff. October 1, 1977; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1446, c. 7, § 1, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1514, c. 348, § 12, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1990, HB 2334, c. 224, § 5, eff. September 1, 1990; Renumbered from 21 O.S. § 843 by Laws 1995, HB 1993, c. 353, §§ 15, 20, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1993, c. 353, §§ 15, 20, eff. November 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2053, c. 200, § 15, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 127, eff. July 1, 1999; Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 57, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).