A person is guilty of child abuse in the first degree when the person recklessly or intentionally causes serious physical injury to a child:
(1) Through an act of abuse and/or neglect of such child; or
(2) When the person has engaged in a previous pattern of abuse and/or neglect of such child.
Child abuse in the first degree is a class B felony.
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