District of Columbia · Statutes
Chapter 5. Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.
46 sections
46 sections
- D.C. Code § 21-501§ 21-501. Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 21-501.01§ 21-501.01. Qualified psychologists.
- D.C. Code § 21-502§ 21-502. Commission on Mental Health; composition; appointment and terms of members; organization; chairperson; salaries.
- D.C. Code § 21-503§ 21-503. Examinations and hearings; subpoenas; witnesses; place.
- D.C. Code § 21-511§ 21-511. Voluntary hospitalization and treatment.
- D.C. Code § 21-512§ 21-512. Release of voluntary patients.
- D.C. Code § 21-513§ 21-513. Hospitalization of nonprotesting persons.
- D.C. Code § 21-514§ 21-514. Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.
- D.C. Code § 21-521§ 21-521. Detention of persons believed to be mentally ill; transportation and application to hospital.
- D.C. Code § 21-522§ 21-522. Examination and admission to hospital; notice.
- D.C. Code § 21-523§ 21-523. Court order requirement for hospital detention beyond 48 hours; maximum period for observation.
- D.C. Code § 21-524§ 21-524. Determination and order of court.
- D.C. Code § 21-525§ 21-525. Hearing by court.
- D.C. Code § 21-526§ 21-526. Extension of maximum periods of time.
- D.C. Code § 21-527§ 21-527. Examination and release of person; notice.
- D.C. Code § 21-528§ 21-528. Detention of person pending judicial proceedings. [Repealed].Repealed
- D.C. Code § 21-541§ 21-541. Petition to Commission; copy to person affected.
- D.C. Code § 21-542§ 21-542. Hearing by Commission; presence and rights of person affected; hearing regarding liability.
- D.C. Code § 21-543§ 21-543. Representation by counsel; compensation; recess.
- D.C. Code § 21-544§ 21-544. Determinations of Commission; report to court; copy to person affected; right to jury trial.
- D.C. Code § 21-545§ 21-545. Hearing and determination by court or jury; order; witnesses; jurors.
- D.C. Code § 21-545.01§ 21-545.01. Renewal of commitment status by Commission; review by court.
- D.C. Code § 21-546§ 21-546. Periodic examinations of committed patients; procedure for examination and detention or release; petition to court.
- D.C. Code § 21-547§ 21-547. Judicial determination of petition filed under section 21-546; order; psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses.
- D.C. Code § 21-548§ 21-548. Request for revocation of outpatient status; confinement pending decision on revocation of outpatient status; hearing on outpatient revocation petition.
- D.C. Code § 21-549§ 21-549. Preservation of other rights to release.
- D.C. Code § 21-550§ 21-550. Surety.
- D.C. Code § 21-551§ 21-551. Nonresidents.
- D.C. Code § 21-561§ 21-561. Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours.
- D.C. Code § 21-562§ 21-562. Medical and psychiatric care and treatment; records.
- D.C. Code § 21-563§ 21-563. Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use.
- D.C. Code § 21-564§ 21-564. Exercise of property and other rights; notice of inability; persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964.
- D.C. Code § 21-565§ 21-565. Statement of release and adjudication procedures and of other rights.
- D.C. Code § 21-581§ 21-581. Proceedings instituted by Mayor of the District of Columbia.
- D.C. Code § 21-582§ 21-582. Petitions, applications, or certificates of physicians, qualified psychologists, and qualified nurse practitioners.
- D.C. Code § 21-583§ 21-583. Physicians, psychiatrists, qualified psychologists, and qualified nurse practitioners as witnesses.
- D.C. Code § 21-584§ 21-584. Witness fees.
- D.C. Code § 21-585§ 21-585. Confinement in jail prohibited.
- D.C. Code § 21-586§ 21-586. Financial responsibility for care of hospitalized persons; judicial enforcement.
- D.C. Code § 21-587§ 21-587. Veterans’ Administration and military hospital facilities.
- D.C. Code § 21-588§ 21-588. Forms.
- D.C. Code § 21-589§ 21-589. Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964.
- D.C. Code § 21-589.01§ 21-589.01. Interim provisions for term of commitment.
- D.C. Code § 21-590§ 21-590. Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status.Repealed
- D.C. Code § 21-591§ 21-591. Offenses and penalties.
- D.C. Code § 21-592§ 21-592. Return to hospital of an escaped mentally ill person.