{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-514","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-514","heading":"Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.","body":"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.","path":["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."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-514","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8f56c5ca44c108034f6dc2506c620163559ec33b0e3f3db0f4b6594cb8f0dff5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-513","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}