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

D.C. Code § 21-563: Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use.

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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 person who is hospitalized in a public or private hospital pursuant to this chapter has the right to be free from seclusion and restraint of any form that is not medically necessary or that is used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff, pursuant to § 7-1231.01 et seq..

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