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2012 District of Columbia Code Chapter 11
Commitment and Maintenance of Substantially Retarded Persons (Section 21-1101 to Section 21-1123)
Section 21-1101 — Forest Haven defined
Section 21-1102 — Persons received in Forest Haven; age limit; petition as to substantial retardation; contents; verification; notice; process; summons; contents; answer not required; return day; service; appointment and qualifications of physicians; examination; certificate; warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention; hearing; continuances; character of proofs; jury trial; dismissal and discharge, or placement in Forest Haven; controlling considerations; voluntary admission to Forest Haven. [Repealed]
Section 21-1108A — Persons received in Forest Haven; age limit; petition as to substantial retardation; contents; verification; notice; process; summons; contents; answer not required; return day; service; appointment and qualifications of physicians; examination; certificate; warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention; hearing; continuances; character of proofs; jury trial; dismissal and discharge, or placement in Forest Haven; controlling considerations; voluntary admission to Forest Haven. [Repealed]
Section 21-1109 — Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties
Section 21-1110 — Liability of estate of public patient for maintenance
Section 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
Section 21-1112 — Public patients may become private patients by filing bond and paying advance
Section 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. [Repealed]
Section 21-1114 — Proceeding when child brought before Family Division appears to have at least moderate mental retardation
Section 21-1115 — Inquiry under this chapter if person convicted of offense
Section 21-1116 — Transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital when person becomes insane; separate docket of cases brought under section 21-1103; reports of commissions; transfer of substantially retarded from National Training Schools for Boys or Girls. [Repealed]
Section 21-1118 — Transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital when person becomes insane; separate docket of cases brought under section 21-1103; reports of commissions; transfer of substantially retarded from National Training Schools for Boys or Girls. [Repealed]
Section 21-1119 — Removal from school of nonresidents of the District of Columbia
Section 21-1120 — Paroles; conditions; expense; discretion of superintendent; violation; return; citation, order, or process on patients to be served only by superintendent; approval of patients' contracts, etc., by court; offenses and penalties. [Repealed]
Section 21-1123 — Paroles; conditions; expense; discretion of superintendent; violation; return; citation, order, or process on patients to be served only by superintendent; approval of patients' contracts, etc., by court; offenses and penalties. [Repealed]
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