A patient shall have the right to have the assistance of counsel at every stage of the proceeding under this chapter. Before the court appoints psychiatrists pursuant to § 22-3806 it shall advise the patient of his or her right to counsel and shall assign counsel to represent him or her unless the patient is able to obtain counsel or elects to proceed without counsel.
CREDIT(S)
(June 9, 1948, 62 Stat. 348, ch. 428, title II, § 203; May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 20(c), 41 DCR 1639.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 22-3505.
1973 Ed., § 22-3505.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-119, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 22-3803.