§ 21-591. Offenses and penalties.

Current through October 23, 2012

Whoever:

(1) without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally ill:

(A) causes or conspires with or assists another person to cause the hospitalization, under this chapter, of the person first referred to; or

(B) executes a petition, application, or certificate pursuant to this chapter, by which he secures or attempts to secure the apprehension, hospitalization, detention, or restraint of the person first referred to;

(2) causes or conspires with or assists another person to cause the denial to a person of a right accorded to him by this chapter;

(3) being a physician, psychiatrist or qualified psychologist, knowingly makes a false certificate or application pursuant to this chapter as to the mental condition of a person --

shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

                
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(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 761, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 11(a)(20), 30 DCR 5778.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 21-591.

1973 Ed., § 21-591.

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-48, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-501.