Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours

§ 21–561. Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours (a) A person hospitalized in a public or private hospital pursuant to this chapter may: (1) communicate by sealed mail or otherwise with an individual or official agency inside or outside the hospital; and (2) receive uncensored mail from his attorney or personal physician. (b) All incoming mail or communications other than mail or communications referred to in subsection (a) of this section may be read before being delivered to the patient, if the chief of service believes the action is necessary for the medical welfare of the patient who is the intended recipient. Mail or other communication which is not delivered to the patient for whom it is intended shall be immediately returned to the sender. (c) This section does not prohibit the administrator from making reasonable rules regarding visitation hours and the use of telephone and telegraph facilities.