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.
D.C. Code § 21-514
Release of patients hospitalized under section 21-513
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 753, Pub
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