{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-563","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 21-563","heading":"Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use.","body":"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..","path":["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."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/21-563","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"152d88d7ea57e9e79a8300eec38880b642fcad65856a12236ece4de13df4869d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-562","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-21-564"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}