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 [Repealed].Repealed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