North Dakota Code 25-01.2-16 – Notice of rights
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Any public or private agency or organization that provides services to an individual with a developmental disability in an institution or facility shall post conspicuously in public areas a summary of the rights that are set out in this chapter. In addition, upon commencement of services or as soon after commencement as the recipient’s condition permits, every recipient who is eighteen years of age or older, the parents or custodian of all recipients under eighteen years of age, and the guardian must be given written notice of the rights guaranteed by this chapter.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 25-01.2-16
- 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.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37