District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment
Chapter 7 - Rehabilitation of Users of Narcotics

§ 24–701. Purpose - The purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711 is to protect...

§ 24–702. Definitions - For the purpose of §§ 24-701 to 24-711: (1) The...

§ 24–703. Order of examination - (a) Whenever the Mayor has probable cause to believe that...

§ 24–704. Right to counsel - (a) A patient shall have the right to the assistance...

§ 24–705. Examinations by physicians - (a) Whenever the Mayor orders a patient into an institution...

§ 24–706. When hearing is required - If, in a report filed pursuant to § 24-705, either...

§ 24–707. Hearing - (a) Upon the evidence introduced at a hearing held for...

§ 24–708. Confinement of patient - If the court finds the patient to be a drug...

§ 24–709. Release of patient - (a) When the head of the hospital to which the...

§ 24–710. Periodic examination of released patients - (a) For 2 years after his release, the patient shall...

§ 24–711. Patient not deemed a criminal - The patient in any proceedings under §§ 24-701 to 24-711...

§ 24–712. [Omitted] - Omitted.

§ 24–713. Care and treatment of drug users; authority of Surgeon General - (a) The Surgeon General is authorized to provide for the...

§ 24–714. Admittance into Public Health Service hospitals; narcotics users from District - (a) The Surgeon General is authorized to admit for care...

§ 24–715. Release of patients - For purposes of §§ 24-713 to 24-715, an individual shall...