District of Columbia Code
Chapter 1 - Public Welfare Supervision
§ 4–122. Visitation of wards

A ward placed outside the District of Columbia and the States of Virginia and Maryland shall be visited not less than once a year by a voluntary agent or correspondent of the Board of Public Welfare.
(Mar. 2, 1927, 44 Stat. 1323, ch. 271.)
1981 Ed., § 3-123.
1973 Ed., § 3-124.
Board of Public Welfare abolished: See note to § 4-102.

Structure District of Columbia Code

District of Columbia Code

Title 4 - Public Care Systems

Chapter 1 - Public Welfare Supervision

§ 4–101. Board of Charities, Board of Children’s Guardians, and National Training School for Girls abolished. [Omitted]

§ 4–102. Board of Public Welfare — Created; successor to abolished Boards; employees transferred. [Omitted]

§ 4–103. Board of Public Welfare — Composition; appointment; term of office; vacancies; residency requirement; removal; compensation. [Omitted]

§ 4–104. Board of Public Welfare — Officers; meetings; authority to make rules, regulations, and orders. [Omitted]

§ 4–105. Director of Public Welfare

§ 4–106. Institutions placed under control of Board

§ 4–107. Institutional personnel under supervision of Board; duties of superintendent; appointment and discharge of personnel

§ 4–108. Rules and regulations relating to admissions of persons and administration of institutions

§ 4–109. Registration records; system of accounts

§ 4–110. Powers of Board of Charities transferred

§ 4–111. Supervision over institutions supported by congressional appropriations

§ 4–112. Submission of plans for new institutions; investigation of institutions

§ 4–113. Members and employees to have no interest in contracts

§ 4–114. Powers of Mayor over dependent children

§ 4–115. Limitation in number of dependent children

§ 4–116. Children over whom Board shall have supervision

§ 4–117. Investigation of children; confidentiality of records; study of physical and mental conditions

§ 4–118. Commitments by Family Division of Superior Court; placement by Board

§ 4–119. Commitment of children under 17 years of age

§ 4–120. Duties of Trustees of National Training School for Girls transferred

§ 4–121. Annual budget; report of activities; recommendations; study of social and environmental conditions

§ 4–122. Visitation of wards

§ 4–123. Discharge from guardianship

§ 4–124. Duties and responsibilities of Board

§ 4–125. Assisting child to leave institution without authority; concealing such child; duty of police

§ 4–126. Assistance application form standardization