Title 44 — Charitable and Curative Institutions.
28 chapters · 499 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 44-701 Limitation on erection of hospital for contagious diseases
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No building for use as a public or private hospital for contagious diseases shall be erected in the District of Columbia within 300 feet of any building owned by a private individual or any other party than the one erecting the building.
D.C. Code § 44-702 Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium — Construction and equipping authorized
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and to cause to be constructed thereon, in accordance with plans and specifications approved by such Mayor, suitable buildings and structures for use as a Children’s T…
D.C. Code § 44-703 Providence Hospital authorized to conduct hospital, clinic and school
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The Providence Hospital is authorized to conduct not only a hospital, clinic, and all the departments, staffs, and services usually connected therewith, but also a school for the education and training of nurses and interns with full power to examine the said nurses and interns a…
D.C. Code § 44-704 Standards of indigency; emergency and semi-indigent patients
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The Council of the District of Columbia shall establish from time to time reasonable standards of indigency for admission of patients to municipal hospitals of the District of Columbia; provided, that emergency and semi-indigent patients may be admitted to the general ward and tu…
D.C. Code § 44-705 Payments to needy patients
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, is authorized to furnish cash payments to needy patients in hospitals operated by or under contract (relating to the care of needy patients) with the District of …
D.C. Code § 44-706 Institutional care under contract
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to contract with hospitals and other institutions for both the care of indigent or medically indigent patients in hospitals and the care and maintenance of persons for whom the District of Columbia is responsible. The Mayor may …
D.C. Code § 44-707 Stipends for patients and certain resident employees
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, to provide for the payment of stipends to patients and residents employed in institutions of or under programs sponsored by the government of the Di…
D.C. Code § 44-708 Benefits in lieu of salary for certain workers in District facilities
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to furnish, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia, subsistence, living quarters, and laundry in lieu of salary to persons authorized by the Mayo…
D.C. Code § 44-709 Mayor to visit, investigate and report on certain charitable institutions
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is required to visit and investigate the management of all institutions of charity within the District which may be appropriated for out of the District revenues, in whole or in part, and shall require an itemized report of receipts and expen…
D.C. Code § 44-710 Mayor authorized to visit, investigate and report on certain organizations
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The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to visit, investigate the management of, and have a report of the receipts and expenditures of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, the Children’s Hospital, Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, National Association for Col…
D.C. Code § 44-711 Appropriations for charitable and reformatory institutions to be lien on property
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All sums of money appropriated and expended in aid of the purchase of real estate for charitable or reformatory institutions in the District of Columbia, or for buildings or for permanent improvements to buildings thereon, shall (subject to any trust deed, mortgage, or other secu…
D.C. Code § 44-712 Terms of Congressmen as trustees or directors of certain corporations or institutions
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In all cases where Members of Congress or Senators are appointed to represent Congress on any board of trustees or board of directors of any corporation or institution to which Congress makes any appropriation, the term of said Members or Senators, as such trustee or director, sh…
D.C. Code § 44-713 Compensation of physicians to the poor
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The compensation of the physicians to the poor shall not exceed $40 per month each.
D.C. Code § 44-714 Conflicts of interest by directors or trustees of certain charitable institutions
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No member or members of any board or boards of trustees or directors of any charitable institution, organization or corporation in the District of Columbia, which is supported in whole or in part by appropriations made by Congress, shall engage in traffic with said institution, o…
D.C. Code § 44-715 Congressional policy as to appropriations to churches or religious entities
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It is hereby declared to be the policy of the government of the United States to make no appropriation of money or property for the purpose of founding, maintaining, or aiding by payment for services, expenses, or otherwise, any church or religious denomination, or any institutio…
D.C. Code § 44-716 Home for Aged and Infirm — Sale of surplus products
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The Mayor is authorized, under such regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may prescribe, to sell the surplus products of the Home for the Aged and Infirm. All moneys derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the…
D.C. Code § 44-717 Home for Aged and Infirm — Admission of pay patients
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Pay patients may be admitted to the Home for the Aged and Infirm for care and treatment at such rates and under such regulations as may be established by the Council of the District of Columbia, insofar as such admissions will not interfere with admission of indigent patients; pr…
D.C. Code § 44-731 Fees for clinical services
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(a) A fee, based on rates to be established by the Mayor, shall be charged to each person who is not indigent for all clinical services provided at District of Columbia health clinics. The Mayor’s authority to set such fees at D.C. General Hospital and for those services provided…
D.C. Code § 44-732 Asbestos abatement — Task Force established
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(a) There is established a Task Force on Asbestos Abatement (“Task Force”). (b) The Task Force shall consist of 9 members appointed as follows: (1) Two members shall be appointed by the Mayor to represent the interests of the District of Columbia government; (2) Two members shall…
D.C. Code § 44-733 Asbestos abatement — Rules and regulations
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The Mayor is authorized to issue rules and regulations, in accordance with recommendations of the Task Force, to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 44-734 Asbestos abatement — Appropriations
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There may be appropriated out of revenues available to the District sums necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 44-751 In general
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Subject to the provisions of § 44-752 [repealed], the Administrator of General Services and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia are directed to convey, without monetary consideration, to the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, Washington, District of Columbi…
D.C. Code § 44-752 Restriction on use
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-753 Creation of lien in favor of United States
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The provisions of the paragraph following the appropriation for the Washington Hospital for Foundlings in § 44-711, creating a lien in favor of the United States with respect to the appropriations referred to therein, shall also apply to the appropriations in the aggregate amount…
D.C. Code § 44-771 Private facilities — License required
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-772 Private facilities — Enforcement of provisions and regulations; inspection
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-773 Private facilities — Violations of provisions or regulations
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-774 Private facilities — Council authorized to promulgate regulations
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-775 Private facilities — Prosecutions
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-776 Report of loss of privileges by health care providers
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-777 Rules and regulations for Smallpox Hospital
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-778 Washington Asylum Hospital continued
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-779 Admission of pay patients to psychopathic ward of General Hospital
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-780 Admission of pay patients to contagious-disease ward of General Hospital
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-781 Admission of pay patients to Glenn Dale Hospital
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-782 Children’s Tuberculosis Sanatorium
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-783 Receipt of contagious-disease cases by Providence and Garfield Memorial Hospitals
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-784 Charges for treatment of patients
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-785 Availability of appropriations
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 44-786 Fees for clinical services; free services
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Repealed Repealed.