Sterilization

1. Law
2. District of Columbia Code
3. Human Health Care and Safety
4. Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities
5. Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
6. Sterilization

No person served at a facility shall be sterilized by any employee of a facility or by any other person acting at the direction of, or under the authorization of, the Director or any other employee of a facility.

(Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 508, 25 DCR 5094; Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 506(s), 42 DCR 3684; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 17(mm), 59 DCR 5567; May 5, 2018, D.C. Law 22-93, § 201(c)(37), 65 DCR 2823.)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 6-1968.

1973 Ed., § 6-1688.

Effect of Amendments

The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-169 substituted “individual served at” for “customer of.”

Emergency Legislation

For temporary amendment of section, see § 505(s) of the Multiyear Budget Spending Reduction and Support Emergency Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-389, December 29, 1994, 42 DCR 197).

Temporary Legislation

For temporary (225 day) amendment of section, see § 505(s) of Multiyear Budget Spending Reduction and Support Temporary Act of 1995 (D.C. Law 10-253, March 23, 1995, law notification 42 DCR 1652).

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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