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PUBLIC LAW 88-597-SEPT. 15, 1964

[78 STAT.

rights accorded to patients hj this Act, and describing procedures provided by law for adjudication of incompetency and appointment of trustees or committees for the hospitalized individual. VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES

SEC. 10. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the admission of any individual to any Veterans' Administration or military hospital facility unless such individual is otherwise eligible for care and treatment in such facility. PENALTIES

SEC. 11. (a) Any individual who, (1) without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally ill, causes or conspires with or assists another to cause the hospitalization of any such person under this Act, or (2) causes or conspires with or assists another to cause the denial to any person of any right accorded to him under this Act, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both. (b) Any individual who, without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally ill, executes a petition, application, or certificate pursuant to this Act, b j which such individual secures or attempts to secure the apprehension, hospitalization, detention, or restraint of any such person, or any physician or psychiatrist who knowingly makes any false certificate or application pursuant to this Act as to the mental condition of any person, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both. NONRESIDENT

SEC. 12. If an individual ordered committed to a public hospital by the court pursuant to subsection (f) of section 7 is found by the Commission, subject to a review by the court, not to be a resident of the District of Columbia, and to be a resident of another place, he shall be transferred to the State of his residence if an appropriate institution of that State is willing to accept him. If the person be an indigent, the expense of transferring him, including the traveling expenses of necessary attendants, shall be borne by the District of Columbia. For the purposes of this section, a "resident of the District of Columbia" means an individual who has maintained his principal place of abode in the District of Columbia for more than one year immediately^ prior to the filing of the petition referred to in subsection (a) of section 7 of this Act. WITNESS FEES

SEC. 13. Witnesses subpenaed under the provisions of this Act shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid to witnesses in the courts of the United States. N O T TO B E CONFINED I N

JAIL

SEC. 14. No person apprehended, detained, or hospitalized under any provision of this Act, shall be confined in jail or m any penal or correctional institution. FORMS

SEC. 15. All applications and certificates for the hospitalization of any individual in the District of Columbia under this Act shall be made on forms approved by the Commission and furnished by it.

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