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PUBLIC LAW 89-183-SEPT. 14, 1965

[79 STAT.

CHAPTER 11—COMMITMENT A N D M A I N T E N A N C E OF FEEBLE-MINDED P E R S O N S Sec. 21-1101. Definitions. 21-1102. Persons received in District Training School; age limit. 21-1103. Petition to District Court as to feeble-mindedness; contents; verification; notice; process. 21-1104. Summons; contents; answer not required; return day; service. 21-1105. Appointment and qualifications of physicians; examination; certificate. 21-1106. Warrant to take into custody; detention or temporary guardianship; place of detention. 21-1107. Hearing; continuances; character of proofs; jury trial. 21-1108. Dismissal and discharge, or placement in District Training School; controlling considerations. 21-1109. Private and public patients; bond for support and maintenance; sufficiency and justification of sureties. 21-1110. Liability of estate of public patient for maintenance. 21-1111. Proceedings to charge relatives legally responsible for maintenance of public patient; collection of maintenance payments; enforcement of order; liability of decedent's estate. 21-1112. Public patients may become private patients by filing bond and paying advance. 21-1113. Restriction on discharge; petition for discharge; causes for discharge; superintendent to be notified; notice of variation of order; denial of one petition not a bar to another. 21-1114. Proceeding when child brought before juvenile court appears feebleminded. 21-1115. Inquiry under this chapter if person convicted of offense. 21-1116. Transfer to Saint Elizabeths Hospital when person becomes insane. 21-1117. Separate docket of feeble-minded cases; reports of commissions. 21-1118. Transfer of feeble-minded from National Training Schools for Boys or Girls. 21-1119. Removal from school of nonresidents, of the District of Columbia. 21-1120. Paroles; conditions; expense; discretion of superintendent; violation; return. 21-1121. Citation, order, or process on inmates to be served only by superintendent. 21-1122. Approval of inmates' contracts, etc., by court. 21-1123. Offenses and penalties. § 21-1101. Definitions As used in this chapter: "District Training School" means the institution established pursuant to section 32-601, and designated the "District Training School" by section 32-602, or any successor to that institution; "feeble-minded person" means a person afflicted vs^ith mental defectiveness from birth or from an early age, so pronounced that he is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, or being taught to do so, and who requires supervision, control, and care for his own welfare, or for the welfare of others, or for the welfare of the community, and is not mentally ill to such an extent as to require his commitment to Saint Elizabeths Hospital, as provided by chapter 5 of this title or other laws with respect to the commitment and custody of mentally ill persons. § 21-1102. Persons received in District Training School; age limit Subject to such regulations as the Department of Public Welfare adopts, and pursuant to this chapter and chapter 6 of Title 32, feebleminded persons of not more than 45 years of age at the time of commitment shall be received into the District Training School. § 21-1103. Petition of District Court as to f eeble-mindedness; contents; verification; notice; process (a) When a person who is a resident of the District of Columbia is supposed to be feeble-minded, his guardian, or a relative, or a reputaole citizen of the District of Columbia may file with the clerk

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