Section 135-C:55 – Scope.
135-C:55 Scope. – The rights established in RSA 135-C:56-60 shall only apply to those persons who have been found eligible for services under RSA 135-C:13 and to those persons who have been admitted to receiving facilities. Source. 1986, 212:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
Section 135-C:56 – Fundamental Rights.
135-C:56 Fundamental Rights. – I. No person receiving treatment for mental illness shall be deprived of any legal right to which all citizens are entitled, except as provided for by law. II. No person shall be deemed incompetent to manage his affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational, or motor vehicle driver’s licenses, to […]
Section 135-C:57 – Treatment Rights; Rules.
135-C:57 Treatment Rights; Rules. – Persons receiving mental health services shall have the right to: I. An individual service plan developed in accordance with 135-C:19. II. Be informed of and to give consent before administration of any treatment. All elements of an informed decision as defined in RSA 135-C:2, IX shall be present. III. […]
Section 135-C:58 – Communication Rights for Persons in Receiving Facilities; Rules.
135-C:58 Communication Rights for Persons in Receiving Facilities; Rules. – Every person admitted to a receiving facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately by mail and telephone with persons outside the facility, and to receive visitors, unless it is determined that this communication or visitation has harmed or will harm the […]
Section 135-C:59 – Notification of Individual Rights.
135-C:59 Notification of Individual Rights. – All persons receiving mental health services shall be informed of the rights guaranteed by this chapter, and by the rules it authorizes to be adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner, promptly upon admission or upon determination of eligibility for services. All receiving facilities, community mental health programs, […]
Section 135-C:60 – Guardianship.
135-C:60 Guardianship. – Whenever it appears to the commissioner that a client in the mental health services system by reason of mental illness is substantially deprived of his capacity to manage his own affairs and is at risk of substantial harm to person or estate as a result, and the client does not have […]
Section 135-C:61 – Rulemaking.
135-C:61 Rulemaking. – The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. A definition of "severely mentally disabled" or "severe mental disability". II. Eligibility criteria and procedures for admission to the state facilities as required by RSA 135-C:4 and 135-C:13. III. Regulating state services as authorized by RSA 135-C:5. IV. Necessary […]
Section 135-C:62 – Custody and Transportation.
135-C:62 Custody and Transportation. – I. Except as provided in RSA 135-C:29, any law enforcement officer shall take custody of persons who are subject to proceedings for involuntary emergency admission; involuntary admission, or temporary revocation of a conditional discharge under RSA 135-C in the following circumstances: (a) Upon completion of an involuntary emergency admission […]
Section 135-C:48 – Transfers; Rules.
135-C:48 Transfers; Rules. – A receiving facility to which a person is ordered for involuntary admission pursuant to RSA 135-C:34-54 may transfer the person to another receiving facility if the receiving facility to which the person is to be transferred can better provide the degree of security and treatment required by the person. All […]
Section 135-C:49 – Discharge by Administrator.
135-C:49 Discharge by Administrator. – I. When a person has been involuntarily admitted to a receiving facility pursuant to RSA 135-C:34-54, or conditionally discharged pursuant to paragraph IV of this section, the clinical staff of the receiving facility where the person has most recently received treatment may recommend to the administrator of the facility […]