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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) For the protection of clients receiving treatment or habilitation in a 24-hour facility, it is unlawful for any individual who is not a developmentally disabled client in a facility:
(1) To assist, advise, or solicit, or to offer to assist, advise, or solicit a client of a facility to leave without authority;
(2) To transport or to offer to transport a client of a facility to or from any place without the facility's authority;
(3) To receive or to offer to receive a minor client of a facility into any place, structure, building, or conveyance for the purpose of engaging in any act that would constitute a sex offense, or to solicit a minor client of a facility to engage in any act that would constitute a sex offense;
(4) To hide an individual who has left a facility without authority; or
(5) To engage in, or offer to engage in an act with a client of a facility that would constitute a sex offense.
(b) Violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 122C. Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Act of 1985 § 122C-65. Offenses relating to clients - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nc/chapter-122c-mental-health-developmental-disabilities-and-substance-abuse-act-of-1985/nc-gen-st-sect-122c-65/
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