Proceedings instituted by the Mayor of the District of Columbia to determine the mental condition of an alleged indigent mentally ill person or a person alleged to be mentally ill, with homicidal or otherwise dangerous tendencies, shall be according to the provisions of subchapter IV of this chapter.
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 759, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 567, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 150(c)(5)(A); Mar. 24, 1998, D.C. Law 12-81, § 14(k), 45 DCR 745.)
1981 Ed., § 21-581.
1973 Ed., § 21-581.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5 - Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness
Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions
§ 21–581. Proceedings instituted by Mayor of the District of Columbia
§ 21–582. Petitions, applications, or certificates of physicians or qualified psychologists
§ 21–583. Physicians, psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses
§ 21–585. Confinement in jail prohibited
§ 21–586. Financial responsibility for care of hospitalized persons; judicial enforcement
§ 21–587. Veterans’ Administration and military hospital facilities
§ 21–589. Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964
§ 21–589.01. Interim provisions for term of commitment
§ 21–590. Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status. [Repealed]
§ 21–591. Offenses and penalties
§ 21–592. Return to hospital of an escaped mentally ill person