District of Columbia Statutes
§ 21-591 — Offenses and penalties.
District of Columbia·Title 21 Fiduciary Relations and Persons with Mental Illness. [Enacted title]·Ch. 5 Hospitalization of Persons with Mental Illness.·Subch. VI Miscellaneous Provisions.
Whoever:
(1)without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally ill:
(A)causes or conspires with or assists another person to cause the hospitalization, under this chapter, of the person first referred to; or
(B)executes a petition, application, or certificate pursuant to this chapter, by which he secures or attempts to secure the apprehension, hospitalization, detention, or restraint of the person first referred to;
(2)causes or conspires with or assists another person to cause the denial to a person of a right accorded to him by this chapter; or
(3)being a physician, psychiatrist , qualified psychologist, or qualified nurse practitioner, knowingly makes a false certificate or application pursuant to this chapter as to the mental condition of a person —
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Related
Matter of Herman
619 A.2d 958 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1993)
Legislative History
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 761, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 11(a)(20), 30 DCR 5778; June 11, 2013, D.C. Law 19-317, § 282, 60 DCR 2064
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