§ 21–514. Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.

DC Code § 21–514 (2019) (N/A)
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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 section 21-513 , shall immediately release him.

(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 753, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1.)

1981 Ed., § 21-514.

1973 Ed., § 21-514.

This section is referenced in § 21-513.