Hearings closed to public; request for open hearing

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Human Health Care and Safety
4. Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities
5. Hearing and Review Procedures
6. Hearings closed to public; request for open hearing

Hearings shall be closed to the public unless the person with an intellectual disability, or his or her counsel, requests that a hearing be open to the public.

(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 408, 25 DCR 5094; Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-305, § 26(l), 53 DCR 6198; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 17(y), 59 DCR 5567.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 6-1948.

1973 Ed., § 6-1675.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 16-305 substituted “the person with mental retardation” for “the mentally retarded person”.

The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-169 substituted “an intellectual disability” for “mental retardation.”

Editor's Notes

Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law.

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