§43A-2-219.

§43A-2-219.
   
   Any officer or employee of any of said hospitals who shall maliciously
   assault, beat, batter, abuse, or use mechanical restraints without
   authority, or willfully aid, abet, advise or permit any patient
   confined therein to be maliciously assaulted, beaten, battered,
   abused, or use mechanical restraints without authority shall be guilty
   of a felony, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by
   imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for not more than five (5)
   years, or a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both
   said fine and imprisonment.