Title 21 — Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
17 chapters · 331 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 21-901 Definition
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As used in this chapter, “mental illness” has the same meaning as that given to the term by section 21-501 .
D.C. Code § 21-902 Commitments by special commissioners of certain district courts
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(a) A United States commissioner specially designated by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland may commit to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, for observation and diagnosis, a person foun…
D.C. Code § 21-903 Apprehension by certain officials of persons believed to have a mental illness; proceedings
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(a) An officer or employee of the United States authorized to make arrests, and a guard or watchman employed by the United States, may apprehend and detain a person whom he believes to be a person with mental illness and found in a place specified by section 21-902, and, except a…
D.C. Code § 21-904 Admission upon written application; right of release
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A person in a place specified by section 21-902 may, upon his written application, be admitted for observation and diagnosis to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in the discretion of the Superintendent of the hospital for a period not exceeding 30 days. If, after admission to Saint Eliza…
D.C. Code § 21-905 Superintendent to receive persons committed or apprehended under sections 21-902 and 21-903
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The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall receive for observation and diagnosis a person apprehended or committed as provided by sections 21-902 and 21-903 for the periods therein prescribed, unless the person is sooner discharged or returned to his home or to the Sta…
D.C. Code § 21-906 Examinations; adjudications; laws applicable; expense of care and treatment
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(a) The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall promptly examine a person committed as provided by sections 21-902 and 21-903, and, if not found to have a mental illness, shall forthwith discharge him, or, if found to have a mental illness, shall return him to the State…
D.C. Code § 21-907 Transfer of military personnel
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A person belonging to the armed forces arrested, apprehended, detained, or committed pursuant to this chapter shall, upon the request of the head of the department having jurisdiction over the service to which he belongs, be transferred forthwith to the custody of his service.
D.C. Code § 21-908 Care in a Veterans’ Administration facility
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(a) If a person adjudicated to be a person with mental illness under this chapter is entitled to care and treatment in a Veterans’ Administration facility, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia may commit him to the custody of the Administrator of Veterans…
D.C. Code § 21-909 Payment of expenses of transfers
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The Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital may arrange for and pay the expenses of the transfer of a person committed to his custody pursuant to this chapter or admitted to the hospital pursuant to section 21-904 to his relatives or to a hospital in the State of his residenc…