210.995 Penalty for taking patient from state hospital.
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(1)Any person who takes a lawfully involuntarily hospitalized patient or resident from
any state hospital without the consent of authorized staff physician, or who entices,
assists or encourages any such patient or resident to escape, shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars ($500). The District Court of the county in which the
escape was effected shall have jurisdiction.
(2)Any person who entices, assists, or encourages any patient or resident in a state
hospital to leave the hospital for any unlawful purposes shall be imprisoned for not
more than six
(6)months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or
both. The District Court of the county in which the escape was effected shall have
jurisdiction.