Title 21 — Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
17 chapters · 331 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 21-584 Witness fees
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Witnesses subpoenaed under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to other witnesses in the court.
D.C. Code § 21-585 Confinement in jail prohibited
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A person apprehended, detained, or hospitalized under any provision of this chapter may not be confined in jail or in a penal or correctional institution.
D.C. Code § 21-586 Financial responsibility for care of hospitalized persons; judicial enforcement
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(a) The father, mother, husband, wife, and adult children of a mentally ill person, if of sufficient ability, and the estate of the mentally ill person, if the estate is sufficient for the purpose, shall pay the cost to the District of Columbia of the mentally ill person’s mainte…
D.C. Code § 21-587 Veterans’ Administration and military hospital facilities
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This chapter does not require the admission of a person to a Veterans’ Administration or military hospital facility unless the person is otherwise eligible for care and treatment in the facility.
D.C. Code § 21-588 Forms
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All applications and certificates for the hospitalization of a person in the District of Columbia under this chapter shall be made on forms approved by the Commission on Mental Health and furnished by it.
D.C. Code § 21-589 Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964
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(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of sections 21-546 to 21-551, subchapter V of this chapter and sections 21-585 and 21-588 apply to a person, who, on or after January 1, 1966, is a patient in a hospital in the District of Columbia by reason of having …
D.C. Code § 21-589.01 Interim provisions for term of commitment
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(a) The commitment of a person committed under section 21-545 for an indeterminate period of time shall expire 548 days after December 10, 2004, unless the chief clinical officer of the Department, facility, hospital, or mental health provider has petitioned for recommitment of t…
D.C. Code § 21-590 Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 21-591 Offenses and penalties
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Whoever: (1) without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally ill: (A) causes or conspires with or assists another person to cause the hospitalization, under this chapter, of the person first referred to; or (B) executes a petition, application, or certificate pursuan…
D.C. Code § 21-592 Return to hospital of an escaped mentally ill person
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When a person has been ordered confined in a hospital or institution for the mentally ill pursuant to this chapter and has left such hospital or institution without authorization or has failed to return as directed, the court which ordered confinement shall, upon the request of t…
D.C. Code § 21-701 Definition
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D.C. Code § 21-702 Property subject to liens
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D.C. Code § 21-703 Property subject to executory contract
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D.C. Code § 21-704 Contract for sale by adult in behalf of himself and mentally ill person
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 21-705 Ancillary guardian of nonresident mentally ill person
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D.C. Code § 21-706 Suits by ancillary guardian
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Repealed Repealed.
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…
D.C. Code § 21-1101 Forest Haven defined
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D.C. Code § 21-1102 Persons received in Forest Haven; age limit
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D.C. Code § 21-1103 petition as to substantial retardation; contents; verification; notice;process
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D.C. Code § 21-1104 Summons; contents; answer not required; return day; service
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D.C. Code § 21-1105 Appointment and qualifications of physicians; examination; certificate
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D.C. Code § 21-1106 Warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention
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D.C. Code § 21-1107 Hearing; continuances; character of proofs; jury trial
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D.C. Code § 21-1108 Dismissal and discharge, or placement in Forest Haven; controlling considerations
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D.C. Code § 21-1108A Voluntary admission to Forest Haven
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D.C. Code § 21-1109 Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties
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D.C. Code § 21-1110 Liability of estate of public patient for maintenance
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D.C. Code § 21-1111 Proceedings to charge relatives legally responsible for maintenance of public patient; collection of maintenance payments; enforcement of order; liability of decedent’s estate
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D.C. Code § 21-1112 Public patients may become private patients by filing bond and paying advance
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D.C. Code § 21-1113 Restrictions on discharge; petition for discharge; causes for discharge; superintendent to be notified; notice of variation of order; denial on petition not a bar to another
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D.C. Code § 21-1114 Proceeding when child brought before Family Division appears to have at least a moderate intellectual disability
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When a child is brought before the Family Division of the Superior Court upon allegations that he is delinquent, neglected, or in need of supervision, and it appears to the court, on the testimony of a physician or psychologist or other evidence, that the child has at least a mod…
D.C. Code § 21-1115 Inquiry under this chapter if person convicted of offense
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(a) On the conviction by a court of record of competent jurisdiction of a person of an offense, or of a violation of an ordinance which is in whole or in part a violation of a statute of the District of Columbia, the court when satisfied on the testimony of a physician or a psych…
D.C. Code § 21-1116 Transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital when person becomes insane
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D.C. Code § 21-1117 Separate docket of cases brought under section 21-1103; reports of commissions
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D.C. Code § 21-1118 Transfer of substantially retarded from National Training Schools for Boys or Girls
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D.C. Code § 21-1119 Removal from school of nonresidents of the District of Columbia
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 21-1120 Paroles; conditions; expense; discretion of superintendent; violation; return
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D.C. Code § 21-1121 Citation, order, or process on patients to be served only by superintendent
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D.C. Code § 21-1122 Approval of patients’ contracts, etc., by court
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D.C. Code § 21-1123 Offenses and penalties
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D.C. Code § 21-1201 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Administer” means: (A) The direct application of medication to the human body whether by ingestion, inhalation, insertion, or topical means; or (B) An injection of epipen or equivalent ejection system for emergency purposes only. (…