2015 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 22. SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ACT
§ 2223 Unwarranted confinement in a substance abuse treatment facility or denial of rights; penalties.
(a) Any person that willingly causes or conspires with or assists another to cause:
(1) The unwarranted involuntary confinement of any individual in a substance abuse treatment facility under this chapter; or
(2) The denial to any individual of any of the rights accorded to said individual under this chapter;
Shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or both.
(b) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section.
73 Del. Laws, c. 358, § 2.;
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