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

D.C. Code § 21-561: Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours.

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 V. Right to Communication; Exercise of Other Rights.

(a)

A person hospitalized in a public or private hospital pursuant to this chapter, or committed under §§ 21-545, 21-545.01, or 21-548, may exercise the right to communicate with others as set forth in § 7-1231.01 et seq.

(b)

Repealed.

(c)

This section does not prohibit the administrator of a hospital from making reasonable rules regarding visitation hours.

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