§27-12-1 Malicious making of medical certificate or complaint as to mental condition. - West Virginia Statutes

§27-12-1. Malicious making of medical certificate or complaint as to mental condition.
Any physician who shall sign a certificate respecting the mental condition of any person without having made the examination as provided for by this chapter, or shall make any statement in any such certificate maliciously for the purpose of having such person declared mentally ill, mentally retarded or an inebriate, and any person who shall maliciously make application to any circuit court or mental hygiene commission for the purpose of having another person declared mentally ill, mentally retarded, or an inebriate, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court.