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2023 District of Columbia Code
Title 21 - Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5 - Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness
Subchapter IV - Commitment Under Court Order
- § 21–541. Petition to Commission; copy to person affected
- § 21–542. Hearing by Commission; presence and rights of person affected; hearing regarding liability
- § 21–543. Representation by counsel; compensation; recess
- § 21–544. Determinations of Commission; report to court; copy to person affected; right to jury trial
- § 21–545. Hearing and determination by court or jury; order; witnesses; jurors
- § 21–545.01. Renewal of commitment status by Commission; review by court
- § 21–546. Periodic examinations of committed patients; procedure for examination and detention or release; petition to court
- § 21–547. Judicial determination of petition filed under section 21-546; order; psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses
- § 21–548. Request for revocation of outpatient status; confinement pending decision on revocation of outpatient status; hearing on outpatient revocation petition
- § 21–549. Preservation of other rights to release
- § 21–550. Surety
- § 21–551. Nonresidents
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