Any officer or employee of any of said hospitals who shall maliciously assault, beat, batter, abuse, or use mechanical restraints without authority, or willfully aid, abet, advise or permit any patient confined therein to be maliciously assaulted, beaten, battered, abused, or use mechanical restraints without authority shall be guilty of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both said fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1953, p. 174, § 134. Renumbered from § 134 by Laws 1986, c. 103, § 103, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 468, Effective Date Amended to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, c. 2 (First Extraordinary Session), §§ 23-26, effective June 19, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by H.B. 1009X (1st Ex. Sess. 1999), § 340, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available).