District of Columbia Statutes
§ 21-514 — Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513.
District of Columbia·Title 21 Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]·Ch. 5 Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.·Subch. II Voluntary and Nonprotesting Hospitalization.
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 § 21-513 , shall immediately release him.
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Legislative History
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 753, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1
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