Section 3 – Transfers; Notice to Guardian or Relative; Consent; Objection; Hearing; Right to Counsel; Emergency Transfer
Section 3. The department shall notify and consult with the permanent guardian or, if there is no such guardian and the person with an intellectual disability does not knowingly object, the nearest relative of a person with an intellectual disability, prior to the transfer of said person from one residential facility for the mentally retarded […]
Section 5 – Retention of Persons
Section 5. No person with an intellectual disability shall be retained at a facility except under the provisions of sections six and seven.
Section 6 – Voluntary Admissions; Consultation With Attorney; Discharge
Section 6. Pursuant to departmental regulations on admission procedures, the superintendent may receive and retain on a voluntary basis any person with an intellectual disability providing the person is in need of care and treatment and providing the admitting facility is suitable for such care and treatment. The application may be made (1) by a […]
Section 7 – Voluntary Admissions; Withdrawal; Notice; Examination
Section 7. Any person retained in a facility under the provisions of section six shall be free to leave such facility at any time, and any parent or guardian who requested the admission of such person may withdraw such person at any time, upon giving written notice to the superintendent. The superintendent may restrict the […]
Section 8 – Transportation of Persons With an Intellectual Disability; Restraint
Section 8. Any person who transports a person with an intellectual disability to or from a facility for any purpose authorized under this chapter shall not use any restraint which is unnecessary for the safety of the person being transported or other persons likely to come in contact with him. Restraint of a person with […]
Section 9 – Mailing Privileges; Visitation Rights; Legal and Civil Rights
Section 9. A person with an intellectual disability in the care of the department shall be provided with stationery and postage in reasonable amounts and shall have free and unrestricted mailing privileges. A person with an intellectual disability shall have the right to be visited at all reasonable times by anyone unless he is ill […]
Section 36c – Transmission of Committed Person's Name and Nonclinical, Identifying Information to Department of Criminal Justice Information Services; Prohibition of Committed Person From Being Issued Firearm Identification Card or License to Carry; Petition for Relief
Section 36C. (a) A court that orders the commitment of a person pursuant to sections 7, 8 or 18 or subsection (e) of section 12 or subsection (b) of section 15 or subsection (b) or (c) of section 16, shall transmit the person’s name and nonclinical, identifying information, including the person’s social security number and […]
Section 2 – Nemansket Correctional Center; Treatment and Rehabilitation Personnel
Section 2. The commissioner of correction shall maintain subject to the jurisdiction of the department of correction a treatment program or branch thereof at a correctional institution for the care, custody, treatment and rehabilitation of persons adjudicated as being sexually dangerous. Said facility shall be known as the ”Nemansket Correctional Center”. The commissioner of correction […]
Section 2a – Transfer to a Correctional Institution; Provision of Voluntary Treatment Services
Section 2A. An individual committed as sexually dangerous and who has also been sentenced for a criminal offense and said sentence has not expired may be transferred from the treatment center to another correctional institution designated by the commissioner of correction. In determining whether a transfer to a correctional institution is appropriate the commissioner of […]
Section 6a – Most Appropriate Level of Security; Participation in Community Access Program; Notice Required
Section 6A. Any person committed as a sexually dangerous person to the treatment center or a branch thereof under the provisions of this chapter shall be held in the most appropriate level of security required to ensure protection of the public, correctional staff, himself and others. Any juvenile who is committed as a sexually dangerous […]