D.C. Code § 5-1401

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024

Section 5-1401 - Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) "CME" means the Chief Medical Examiner within the OCME.

(1A). "District" means the District of Columbia.

(2) "Legal custody" includes imprisonment, jail, or detention.

(2A) "OCME" means the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

(3) "Ward" means any person in the official custody of the District government, on a temporary or permanent basis, because of neglect, abuse, mental illness or intellectual disability.

D.C. Code § 5-1401

Amended by D.C. Law 24-45,§ III-H-3072, 68 DCR 010163, eff. 11/13/2021.

Oct. 19, 2000, D.C. Law 13-172, § 2902, 47 DCR 6308; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 13, 59 DCR 5567.

Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law.