New Jersey Statutes 30:6D-4. Rights unaffected by admission, residence, receipt of services
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:6D-4
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
4. No person with a developmental disability shall be presumed to be incapacitated or shall be discriminated against or shall be deprived of any constitutional, civil, or legal right solely by reason of admission to or residence at a facility or solely by reason of receipt of any service for persons with developmental disabilities. No such admission, residence, or receipt of services shall modify or vary any constitutional, civil, or legal right of the person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to:
a. Register and vote at elections;
b. Free exercise of religion;
c. Receive and send unopened correspondence and, upon request, to obtain assistance in the writing and reading of that correspondence;
d. Private visitations and private telephone conversations without prior notice to the facility during reasonable hours as may be established by the facility with parents, guardians, representatives of guardian services, relatives, friends, physicians, attorneys, government officials, and any other persons;
e. Reasonable opportunities for interaction with members of the opposite sex;
f. Confidential handling of personal and medical records.
L.1977, c.82, s.4; amended 2013, c.103, s.91.