(a) If, at the time of or before the making of an order for placement in Forest Haven pursuant to section 21-1108, a bond in the penal sum of $1,000, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the District of Columbia, or by two or more sureties to be approved by the court, and conditioned for the payment of the support and maintenance of the person in the manner prescribed by law, is delivered to the court, together with the sum of $50 as an advance payment toward the support of the patient, the court shall order the admission of the person as a private patient. If the bond and advance payment are not given, the court shall order the admission of the person as a public patient. The bond and advance payment, together with the order of admission and bond, shall be transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Superintendent of Forest Haven. Until the bond and advance payment are delivered to the Superintendent, he shall admit the person to the institution only as a public patient.
(b) At the request of the Superintendent of Forest Haven, the court shall require the sureties on the bond provided by subsection (a) of this section to justify their responsibility anew or order that a new bond be given in place of the original. The justification or new bond shall be transmitted to the superintendent. Unless it is delivered to the Superintendent within 30 days, the patient shall from the time of the request be regarded as a public patient.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 768, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 568, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 159(g)(5); Oct. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 1087, Pub. L. 91-490, § 2(a)(2).)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-1109.
1973 Ed., § 21-1109.
References in Text
Section 21-1108, referred to in the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section, was repealed by the Act of March 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 604(a)(1).