{"data":{"id":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-7104","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"18 V.S.A. § 7104","heading":"Wrongful hospitalization or denial of rights; fraud; elopement","body":"A person shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, if he or she willfully causes, or conspires with or assists another to cause:\n(1) the hospitalization of an individual knowing that the individual is not mentally ill or in need of hospitalization or treatment as an individual with a mental illness or intellectual disability; or\n(2) the denial to any individual of any rights granted to him or her under this part of this title; or\n(3) the voluntary admission to a hospital of an individual, knowing that he or she is not mentally ill or eligible for treatment, thereby attempting to defraud the State; or\n(4) the elopement of any patient from a hospital or who knowingly harbors any patient who has eloped, or who aids in abducting a patient who has been conditionally discharged from the person or persons in whose care and service that patient has been legally placed.","path":["Title 18: Health","Chapter 171: General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/171/07104","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:03Z","sha256":"49d189ef24d9a9734f7d0b5b3c14d16743d394e4b94624b3139aff37ba15c50b","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-7103","next":"us-vt/18-v.s.a.-7105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}