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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

§ 21-589. Persons hospitalized prior to September 15, 1964 (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the provisions of sections 21-546 to 21-551, subchapter V of this chapter and sections 21-585 and 21-588 apply to a person, who, on or after January 1, 1966, is a patient in a hospital in the District of Columbia by reason of having been declared insane or of unsound mind pursuant to a court order entered in a noncriminal proceeding prior to September 15, 1964. (b) A request made by a patient referred to in subsection (a) of this section for an examination authorized by section 21-546 may be made on April 15, 1966, by the patient, or his attorney, legal guardian, spouse, parent, or other nearest adult relative, and not more frequently than every six months thereafter. § 21-590. Discharge as cured; restoration to legal status When a person adjudged to be of unsound mind in the District of Columbia who is committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, or any other institution, recovers his reason, and is discharged from the institution as cured, the Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, or the official in charge of the institution where he has been under treatment and has been so discharged, shall immediately file with the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia his sworn statement that, in his opinion, the person was not of unsound mind at the time of his discharge. The statement is sufficient to authorize the court to order the person restored to his former legal status as a person of sound mind. §21-591. Offenses and penalties Whoever: (1) without probable cause for believing a person to be mentally i l l: (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; or (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 or psychiatrist, knowingly makes a false certificate or application pursuant to this chapter as to the mental condition of a person— shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. CHAPTER 7—PROPERTY OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS Sec. 21-701. 21-702. 21-703. 21-704. 21-705. 21-706.

Definition. Property subject to liens. Property subject to executory contract. Contract for sale by adult in behalf of himself and mentally ill person. Ancillary guardian of nonresident mentally ill person. Suits by ancillary guardian.

§21-701. Definition As used in this chapter, "mentally ill person" has the same meaning as that ariven to the term by section 21-501. 49-850 0-66—51

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