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§3804
Title 34-B: BEHAVIORAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES
Chapter 3: MENTAL HEALTH
Subchapter 4: HOSPITALIZATION
Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§3831

§3805. Prohibited acts; penalty

1.  Unwarranted hospitalization.  A person is guilty of causing unwarranted hospitalization if that person willfully causes the unwarranted hospitalization of any person under this subchapter.  
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §97 (COR).]
2.  Denial of rights.  A person is guilty of causing a denial of rights if that person willfully causes the denial to any person of any of the rights accorded by this subchapter.  
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §98 (COR).]
3.  Penalty.  Causing unwarranted hospitalization or causing a denial of rights is a Class C crime.  
[PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. C, §11 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 475, Pt. C, §11 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §§97, 98 (COR).
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