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Division III - DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSTitle 21 - FIDUCIARY RELATIONS AND PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSChapter 5 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Subchapter V - RIGHT TO COMMUNICATION; EXERCISE OF OTHER RIGHTS
Section 21-561 - Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours

D.C. Code § 21-561

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Section 21-561 - Mail privileges; censored mail; return to sender; visiting hours
(a) A person hospitalized in a public or private hospital pursuant to this chapter, or committed under sections 21-545, 21-545.01, or 21-548, may exercise the right to communicate with others as set forth in the Mental Health Consumers' Rights Protection Act of 2001, effective December 18, 2001 (D.C. Law 14-56; D.C. Official Code § 7-1231.01 et seq.).
(b) Repealed.
(c) This section does not prohibit the administrator of a hospital from making reasonable rules regarding visitation hours.

D.C. Code § 21-561

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 758, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 11(a)(15), 30 DCR 5778; Apr. 4, 2003, D.C. Law 14-283, § 2(aa), 50 DCR 917.