Any person responsible for the care or custody of any person admitted to a state institution in accordance with the provisions of this title, who treats the person admitted with severity, harshness, or cruelty, or who abuses that person in any way, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
N.D. Cent. Code § 25-01-16
Treating patients cruelly - Penalty
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