27B-8-45. Rights of persons receiving services.

Any person with a developmental disability receiving services has the right to:

(1)    Communicate freely and privately with others of the person's own choosing;

(2)    Receive and send sealed, unopened correspondence. No person's incoming or outgoing correspondence shall be opened, delayed, held, or censored by any person;

(3)    Receive and send packages. No person's outgoing packages may be opened, delayed, held, or censored by any person;

(4)    Reasonable access to telephones, both to make and to receive calls in privacy, and reasonable and frequent opportunities to meet with visitors; and

(5)    Suitable opportunities for interaction with others of the person's own choosing.

Source: SL 2000, ch 131, § 90.