| Subchapter I. Definitions; Commission on Mental Health. | Back to Top |
| § 21-501. Definitions. |
| § 21-501.01. Qualified psychologists. |
| § 21-502. Commission on Mental Health; composition; appointment and terms of members; organization; chairperson; salaries. |
| § 21-503. Examinations and hearings; subpoenas; witnesses; place. |
| Subchapter II. Voluntary and Nonprotesting Hospitalization. | Back to Top |
| § 21-511. Voluntary hospitalization and treatment. |
| § 21-512. Release of voluntary patients. |
| § 21-513. Hospitalization of nonprotesting persons. |
| § 21-514. Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513. |
| Subchapter III. Emergency Hospitalization. | Back to Top |
| § 21-521. Detention of persons believed to be mentally ill; transportation and application to hospital. |
| § 21-522. Examination and admission to hospital; notice. |
| § 21-523. Court order requirement for hospital detention beyond 48 hours; maximum period for observation. |
| § 21-524. Determination and order of court. |
| § 21-525. Hearing by court. |
| § 21-526. Extension of maximum periods of time. |
| § 21-527. Examination and release of person; notice. |
| § 21-528. Detention of person pending judicial proceedings. |
| Subchapter IV. Commitment Under Court Order. | Back to Top |
| § 21-541. Petition to Commission; copy to person affected. |
| § 21-542. Hearing by Commission; presence and rights of person affected; hearing regarding liability. |
| § 21-543. Representation by counsel; compensation; recess. |
| § 21-544. Determinations of Commission; report to court; copy to person affected; right to jury trial. |
| § 21-545. Hearing and determination by court or jury; order; witnesses; jurors. |
| § 21-545.01. Renewal of commitment status by commission; review by Court. |
| § 21-546. Periodic examinations of committed patients; procedure for examination and detention or release; petition to court. |
| § 21-547. Judicial determination of petition filed under section 21-546; order; psychiatrists and qualified psychologists as witnesses. |
| § 21-548. Request for revocation of outpatient status; confinement pending decision on revocation of outpatient status; hearing on outpatient revocation petition. |
| § 21-549. Preservation of other rights to release. |
| § 21-550. Surety. |
| § 21-551. Nonresidents. |
| Subchapter V. Right to Communication; Exercise of Other Rights. | Back to Top |
| § 21-561. Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours. |
| § 21-562. Medical and psychiatric care and treatment; records. |
| § 21-563. Use of restraints or seclusion; record of use. |
| § 21-564. Exercise of property and other rights; notice of inability; persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964. |
| § 21-565. Statement of release and adjudication procedures and of other rights. |
| Subchapter VI. Miscellaneous Provisions. | Back to Top |
| § 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. |
