(a) A person is guilty of aiding escape from a hospital or sanatorium when he aids the escape from a hospital or sanatorium of any person committed thereto as mentally ill or as drug dependent.(b) Aiding escape from a hospital or sanatorium is a class A misdemeanor.(1971, P.A. 871, S. 42; P.A. 76-336, S. 11.)History: P.A. 76-336 reworded Subsec. (a) for clarity and grammatical sense inserting 'when he aids the escape from a hospital or sanatorium'.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 53a-171a
Connecticut Title 53a — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-171a· Version 2026