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Section 21-514 - Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513

Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513

Unless proceedings for hospitalization under court order have been initiated under subchapter IV of this chapter, a hospital, upon the written request of a patient hospitalized pursuant to section 21-513, shall immediately release him.

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(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 753, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-514.
1973 Ed., § 21-514.

Current through September 13, 2012