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Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions.


  • § 21–581. Proceedings instituted by Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • § 21–582. Petitions, applications, or certificates of physicians or qualified psychologists.
  • § 21–583. Physicians, psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses.
  • § 21–584. Witness fees.
  • § 21–585. Confinement in jail prohibited.
  • § 21–586. Financial responsibility for care of hospitalized persons; judicial enforcement.
  • § 21–587. Veterans’ Administration and military hospital facilities.
  • § 21–588. Forms.
  • § 21–589. Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964.
  • § 21–589.01. Interim provisions for term of commitment.
  • § 21–590. Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status. [Repealed]
  • § 21–591. Offenses and penalties.
  • § 21–592. Return to hospital of an escaped mentally ill person.
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