D.C. Code § 21-563

Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use.

Last amended: 2003Year: 2026Length: 55 wordsOfficial source
A person who is hospitalized in a public or private hospital pursuant to this chapter has the right to be free from seclusion and restraint of any form that is not medically necessary or that is used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff, pursuant to § 7-1231.01 et seq. .
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