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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="7-1002" title_number="7" title_name="Developmental Disabilities Law" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Rights of Individuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>“Qualified developmental disability professional” shall be defined by rule and regulation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the policy of this State that, in addition to any other rights, each individual who receives any services provided by the Administration or by a licensee has the following basic rights:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The right to be treated with courtesy, respect, and full recognition of human dignity and individuality;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The right to receive treatment, services, and habilitation in the most integrated setting that is available, adequate, appropriate, and in compliance with relevant laws and regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The right to be free from mental and physical abuse;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The right to be free from chemical restraints, except for minimal restraints that a physician authorizes, in writing, for a clearly indicated medical need and makes a permanent part of the individual’s record;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The right to be free from physical restraints except for minimal restraints that are authorized in writing and made a permanent part of the record by a physician or qualified developmental disability professional and which are clearly indicated for the protection of the individual with developmental disability or others;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The right to privacy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The right to worship as the individual chooses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>The right to an accounting of any funds of the individual; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>The right to be informed of all of the most integrated setting service options licensed through the Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary shall issue regulations to enforce the rights enumerated in subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each licensee shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Post, conspicuously in a public place, the policy stated in this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Give a copy of the policy:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On admittance, to the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To the guardian, next of kin, or sponsoring agency of the individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>To a representative payee of the individual;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Keep a receipt for the copy that is signed by the person who received the copy; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provide appropriate staff training to carry out the policy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
