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- hide quoted text -2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or Mental Retardation.41-21-105- Civil and criminal immunity.
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§41-21-105. Civil and criminal immunity.
(1) All persons acting in good faith in connection with the
preparation or execution of applications, affidavits, certificates or
other documents; apprehension; findings; determinations; opinions of physicians and psychologists; transportation; examination; treatment; emergency treatment; detention or discharge of an individual, under
the provisions of Sections 41-21-61 through41-21-107, shall incur no liability, civil or criminal, for such acts.
(2) No civil suit of any kind whatsoever shall be brought or
prosecuted against the board, any member thereof, any director or
employee for acts committed within the scope of their employment,
except for wilful or malicious acts or acts of gross negligence.
Sources: Laws, 1975, ch. 492, § 9(1, 2); Laws, 1976, ch. 401, § 6,
eff from and after July 1, 1976.
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2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 41 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter 21 - Individuals with Mental Illness or Mental Retardation.41-21-107- Criminal offenses.
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§41-21-107. Criminal offenses.
Any person who conspires unlawfully to cause, or unlawfully causes,
any person to be adjudicated in need of treatment or as incompetent or
to be detained at, or admitted to, or hospitalized in a treatment
facility, or any person who receives or detains any person in need of treatment, contrary to Sections 41-21-61 through41-21-107, or any
person who maltreats any person in need of treatment, or any person
who knowingly aids, abets or assists and encourages any person in need
of treatment, to be absent without permission from any treatment
facility or custodian in which or by whom such person is lawfully
detained, or any person who violates any provision contained in
Sections 41-21-61 through41-21-107shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction be fined not less than five hundred dollars
($500.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or
imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
Sources: Laws, 1975, ch. 492, § 9(3); Laws, 1984, ch. 477, § 24, eff
from and after July 1, 1984.
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MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended
SEC. 41-21-65. Affidavit for commitment; simplified affidavit form;
penalty for filing intentionally false affidavit or filing affidavit
in bad faith.
http://www.mscode.com/free/statutes/41/021/0065.htm
(4) The prohibition against charging the affiant other fees, expenses,
or costs shall not preclude the imposition of monetary criminal
penalties under Section41-21-107or any other criminal statute, or
the imposition by the chancellor of monetary penalties for contempt if
the affiant is found to have filed an intentionally false affidavit or
filed the affidavit in bad faith for a malicious purpose.
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