{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-210.995","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 210.995","heading":"Penalty for taking patient from state hospital.","body":"(1) Any person who takes a lawfully involuntarily hospitalized patient or resident from\nany state hospital without the consent of authorized staff physician, or who entices,\nassists or encourages any such patient or resident to escape, shall be fined not more\nthan five hundred dollars ($500). The District Court of the county in which the\nescape was effected shall have jurisdiction.\n(2) Any person who entices, assists, or encourages any patient or resident in a state\nhospital to leave the hospital for any unlawf ul purposes shall be imprisoned for not\nmore than six (6) months or fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or\nboth. The District Court of the county in which the escape was effected shall have\njurisdiction.","path":["KRS Chapter 210"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=8326","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:11Z","sha256":"5a6496930024c548ea6ad42d2e50b7855159639aa9718f7fc92642c47afff2a7","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-210.991","next":"us-ky/krs-211.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}