D.C. Code § 21-528

Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 21-528 - Detention of person pending judicial proceedings

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the administrator of a hospital in which a person is hospitalized under this subchapter may, if judicial proceedings for his hospitalization have been commenced under subchapter IV of this chapter, detain the person in the hospital during the course of the judicial proceedings.

D.C. Code § 21-528

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 754, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1.