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Subchapter I - Statement of Purpose; Definitions
§ 7–1301.01. [Reserved] - This section is referenced in § 21-1114, § 21-1115, §...
§ 7–1301.02. Statement of purpose - (a) It is the intent of the Council of the...
§ 7–1301.03. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) Repealed. (1A) "Adult" means...
Subchapter II - Determination of Need for Mental Retardation Facilities and Services in the District
§ 7–1302.01. Determination of need for mental retardation facilities and services in the District. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 201, 25...
Subchapter III - Commitments
§ 7–1303.01. Competence of individual to refuse commitment - (a) Repealed. (b) The Court may commit a person pursuant...
§ 7–1303.02. Voluntary admission. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 302, 25...
§ 7–1303.03. Application by individual for out-patient nonresidential habilitation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 303, 25...
§ 7–1303.04. Petition for commitment of individual 14 years of age or older filed by parent or guardian or by the District - (a) Repealed. (a-1)(1) Except as provided in subsection (b-1) of...
§ 7–1303.05. Application by parent or guardian for nonresidential habilitation. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 305, 25...
§ 7–1303.06. Petition for commitment of individual under 14 years of age filed by parent or guardian. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 306, 25...
§ 7–1303.07. Immediate discharge from facility upon request by individual. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 307, 25...
§ 7–1303.08. Discharge from commitment upon request by parent or guardian. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 308, 25...
§ 7–1303.09. Transfer of individual from one facility to another - (a) The Department on Disability Services may recommend to the...
§ 7–1303.10. Discharge from residential care. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 310, 25...
§ 7–1303.11. Payment for habilitation and care. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 311, 25...
§ 7–1303.12. Court hearing required prior to commitment - Except as provided in § 7-1303.12a, no person with an...
§ 7–1303.12a. Placement pending petition and commitment proceedings - (a) In the case of a person found incompetent in...
§ 7–1303.13. Effect of determination of incompetency to refuse commitment - A determination by the Court under this subchapter that a...
§ 7–1303.14. Rules and regulations governing respite care. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 314, 25...
Subchapter IV - Hearing and Review Procedures
§ 7–1304.01. Commencement of commitment proceedings; filing of written petition - Proceedings for the commitment of a person found incompetent in...
§ 7–1304.02. Representation by counsel - Persons who have been committed, or whose commitment is sought...
§ 7–1304.03. Comprehensive evaluation report and individual habilitation plan required; contents; copies - (a) If a petition filed in accordance with § 7-1304.01...
§ 7–1304.04. Payment for independent comprehensive evaluation and habilitation plan. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 404, 25...
§ 7–1304.05. Hearing conducted promptly - (a) Repealed. (b) A status hearing shall be held promptly...
§ 7–1304.06. Hearings conducted in informal manner; procedural rights at hearing - Except as provided in § 7-1304.06a, hearings shall be conducted...
§ 7–1304.06a. Hearing and determination by Court or jury - (a) For a commitment hearing on a petition filed pursuant...
§ 7–1304.07. Standard of proof - (a) Repealed. (b) If the petition was filed pursuant to...
§ 7–1304.08. Hearings closed to public; request for open hearing - Hearings shall be closed to the public unless the person...
§ 7–1304.09. Disposition orders by Court. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 409, 25...
§ 7–1304.10. Appeal of commitment order - Any commitment order of the Court may be appealed in...
§ 7–1304.11. Periodic review of commitment order - (a)(1) Any decision of the Court ordering commitment of a...
§ 7–1304.12. Payment of costs and expenses - Costs and expenses of all proceedings held under this chapter...
§ 7–1304.13. Advocate for a person with an intellectual disability - (a) Persons with an intellectual disability who have been committed,...
Subchapter V - Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
§ 7–1305.01. Habilitation and care; habilitation program - (a) To the extent that appropriated funds are available to...
§ 7–1305.02. Living conditions; teaching of skills - Persons shall be provided with the least restrictive and most...
§ 7–1305.03. Least restrictive conditions - (a) Persons shall have a right to the least restrictive...
§ 7–1305.04. Comprehensive evaluation and individual habilitation plan - (a)(1) Before each person's commitment under this chapter, the person...
§ 7–1305.05. Visitors; mail; access to telephones; religious practice; personal possessions; privacy; exercise; diet; medical attention; medication - (a) Subject to restrictions by a physician for good cause,...
§ 7–1305.06. Prohibited psychological therapies - No psychosurgery, convulsive therapy, experimental treatment or behavior modifications program...
§ 7–1305.06a. Informed consent - (a) Except in accordance with the procedures described in subsections...
§ 7–1305.06b. Review panel for administration of psychotropic medications - (a) The DDS Administrator shall establish an independent panel to...
§ 7–1305.06c. Psychotropic medication review - (a) By April 15, 2009, the DDS shall complete a...
§ 7–1305.07. Essential surgery in medical emergency. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 507, 25...
§ 7–1305.07a. Health-care decisions policy, annual plan, and quarterly reports - (a) It shall be the policy of the District government...
§ 7–1305.08. Sterilization - No person served at a facility shall be sterilized by...
§ 7–1305.09. Experimental research - Persons shall have a right not to be subjected to...
§ 7–1305.10. Mistreatment, neglect or abuse prohibited; use of restraints; seclusion; “time-out” procedures - (a) Mistreatment, neglect or abuse in any form of any...
§ 7–1305.11. Performance of labor - (a) No person shall be compelled to perform labor which...
§ 7–1305.12. Maintenance of records; information considered privileged and confidential; access; contents - (a) Complete records for each person shall be maintained and...
§ 7–1305.13. Initiation of action to compel rights; civil remedy; sovereign immunity barred; defense to action; payment of expenses - (a) Any interested party shall have the right to initiate...
§ 7–1305.14. Deprivation of civil rights; public or private employment; retention of rights; liability; immunity; exceptions - (a) No person shall be deprived of any civil right,...
§ 7–1305.15. Coordination of services for dually diagnosed individuals - If a person is committed by the Court to DDS...
Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions; Effective Date
§ 7–1306.01. Increased financial responsibility. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 601, 25...
§ 7–1306.02. Severability - Should any provision of this chapter be declared to be...
§ 7–1306.02a. Grandfather clause - Individuals currently deemed eligible and receiving services under this subchapter...
§ 7–1306.03. Appropriations - There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such District funds...
§ 7–1306.03a. Rules for implementation - The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of...
§ 7–1306.04. Authority of Board of Education unchanged - Nothing herein shall be construed to extend or diminish the...
§ 7–1306.05. Effective date - This chapter shall take effect pursuant to the provisions of...