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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 21-565 - Statement of release and adjudication procedures and of other rights

D.C. Code § 21-565

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Section 21-565 - Statement of release and adjudication procedures and of other rights

Upon the admission of a person to a hospital under a provision of this chapter, the administrator shall deliver to him, and to his spouse, domestic partner, parents, or other nearest known adult relative, a written statement outlining in simple, nontechnical language all release procedures provided by this chapter, setting out all rights accorded to patients by this chapter, and describing procedures provided by law for adjudication of incompetency and appointment of trustees or committees for the hospitalized person.

D.C. Code § 21-565

Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 759, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 22(e), 55 DCR 6758.