§ 43A-5-104. False attestation - Penalty.

Any person who intentionally falsely attests to the mental illness, alcohol dependency, or drug dependency of any person, or whose false attestations as to mental illness, alcohol dependency, or drug dependency of any person is proved to be the result of negligence or deficient professional skill, or who signs such an evaluation or petition for pecuniary reward, or promise thereof, or other consideration of value or operating to his or her advantage, other than the professional fee usually paid for such service, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by payment of a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one (1) year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1953, p. 175, § 139, emerg. eff. June 3, 1953.  Amended by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 64, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Renumbered from § 139 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. Nov. 1, 1986.  Amended by Laws 2005, c. 195, § 25, eff. Nov. 1, 2005; Laws 2007, c. 130, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.