§ 7-1304.08Title 7
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.
Annotations
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 Section 35 of D.C. Law 19-169 provided that no provision of the act shall impair any right or obligation existing under law. The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-169 substituted “an intellectual disability” for “mental retardation.” D.C. Law 16-305 substituted “the person with mental retardation” for “the mentally retarded person”. 1973 Ed., § 6-1675. 1981 Ed., § 6-1948.
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