§ 260.10 Endangering the welfare of a child.
A person is guilty of endangering the welfare of a child when:
1. He knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical,
mental or moral welfare of a child less than seventeen years old or directs
or authorizes such child to engage in an occupation involving a substantial
risk of danger to his life or health; or
2. Being a parent, guardian or other person legally charged with the
care or custody of a child less than eighteen years old, he fails or
refuses to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of such child to
prevent him from becoming an "abused child," a "neglected child," a
"juvenile delinquent" or a "person in need of supervision," as those terms
are defined in articles ten, three and seven of the family court act.
Endangering the welfare of a child is a class A misdemeanor.
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