D.C. Code § 21-591: Offenses and penalties.

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; or

(3)

being a physician, psychiatrist , qualified psychologist, or qualified nurse practitioner, knowingly makes a false certificate or application pursuant to this chapter as to the mental condition of a person —