22-3712. Placement in diagnostic or treatment facility as condition of release. As a condition of probation, parole or postrelease supervision, a probationer, parolee or person on postrelease supervision may be placed in a diagnostic, or treatment facility by order of the court or prisoner review board. Placement in a diagnostic or treatment facility shall not exceed 90 days or the maximum period of the prison sentence that could be imposed, but may be renewed for further ninety-day periods on certificates presented to the court by the director of such facility.

History: L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3712; L. 1972, ch. 317, § 85; L. 1990, ch. 309, § 18; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 269; L. 1997, ch. 23, § 4; L. 2012, ch. 16, § 13; July 1.