A physician, psychiatrist or qualified psychologist making application or conducting an examination under this chapter is a competent and compellable witness at any trial, hearing or other proceeding conducted pursuant to this chapter and the physician- or psychologist-patient privilege is not applicable.
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 760, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 11(a)(19), 30 DCR 5778.)
1981 Ed., § 21-583.
1973 Ed., § 21-583.
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 [Repealed]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