210.995 Penalty for taking patient from state hospital. (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, <br>assists or encourages any such patient or resident to escape, shall be fined not more <br>than five hundred dollars ($500). The District Court of the county in which the <br>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 <br>more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or <br>both. The District Court of the county in which the escape was effected shall have <br>jurisdiction. Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 203, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 62. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 216aa-107a. Formerly codified as KRS 432.490.
210.995 Penalty for taking patient from state hospital. (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, <br>assists or encourages any such patient or resident to escape, shall be fined not more <br>than five hundred dollars ($500). The District Court of the county in which the <br>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 <br>more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or <br>both. The District Court of the county in which the escape was effected shall have <br>jurisdiction. Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 203, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 62. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 216aa-107a. Formerly codified as KRS 432.490.
210.995 Penalty for taking patient from state hospital. (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, <br>assists or encourages any such patient or resident to escape, shall be fined not more <br>than five hundred dollars ($500). The District Court of the county in which the <br>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 <br>more than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or <br>both. The District Court of the county in which the escape was effected shall have <br>jurisdiction. Effective: January 2, 1978 <br>History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 203, effective January 2, 1978. -- Amended 1968 Ky. Acts ch. 90, sec. 62. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 216aa-107a. Formerly codified as KRS 432.490.
