District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 21-514: Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 21. Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]
Chapter 5. Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.
Subchapter II. Voluntary and Nonprotesting Hospitalization.

Unless proceedings for hospitalization under court order have been initiated under subchapter IV of this chapter, a hospital, upon the written request of a patient hospitalized pursuant to § 21-513 , shall immediately release him.

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