71-962. Violations; penalty.

Any person who willfully (1) files or causes to be filed a certificate or petition under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act or the Sex Offender Commitment Act, knowing any of the allegations thereof to be false, (2) deprives a subject of any of the rights granted the subject by either act or section 83-390, or (3) breaches the confidentiality of records required by section 71-961 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor in addition to any civil liability which he or she may incur for such actions.

Source:Laws 1976, LB 806, § 79; Laws 1977, LB 41, § 63; Laws 2000, LB 884, § 22; R.S.Supp.,2002, § 83-1069; Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 82; Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 53.

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