Section 8-701 - Unlawful or improper adjudication as drug or alcohol abuser or dependent. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-701. Unlawful or improper adjudication as drug or alcohol abuser or dependent.
 

(a)  In general.- A person may not knowingly have or attempt to have an individual unlawfully or improperly adjudicated to be a drug or alcohol abuser or to have an alcohol or drug dependence under Subtitle 5 of this title. 

(b)  Penalty.- A person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both. 
 

[1988, ch. 758, § 2; 1989, ch. 782, § 3.]