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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-6. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF NON-RESIDENT PATIENTS |
Section 29-600. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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600.1The District shall furnish transportation, including subsistence en-route and attendents, including volunteer attendants, when needed, to the following categories of non-residents:
(a)Persons committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital by the Commission on Mental Health;
(b)Medically indigent non-resident persons hospitalized at District expense; Provided that no volunteer attendant at any time shall be an employee of the District government, except those employed by the Department of Human Services, Parole Board, D.C. General Hospital, or probation officers of the D.C. Courts and Department of Corrections.
600.2Volunteer attendants shall proceed to the point of destination and return as quickly as transportation permits, without stop-off or stop-over for personal reasons.
600.3Arrangements for and conduct of transfers shall be in accordance with standard government travel regulations.
600.4The Department of Human Services shall, upon receipt of proper authorization, transfer to the state of legal residence at District expense those patients in the Psychiatric Department of D. C. General Hospital or Saint Elizabeths Hospital who are found to be on elopement or parole status from state hospitals in other jurisdictions, if the investigation discloses no other practicable source of defraying the cost.
600.5Relatives of patients shall be given written notice of transfer as far in advance of departure as possible. Special attention shall be given to relatives within the Washington D.C. area to allow them time for visiting patient before transfer.
600.6Prior to the transfer of a patient admitted to the hospital through police action, the Department worker assigned responsibility for the trip shall contact the Property Clerk of the Police Department to determine whether he or she is holding any property which ought to be transported with the patient. If property is being held by the Registrar of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, he or she shall be given advance notice of the transfer.
600.7No client shall be transported under compulsion with the exception of non-resident persons who come within the scope of a District law or regulation requiring their confinement.