122C-58. Civil rights and civil remedies.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, each adult client of a facility keeps the same right as any other citizen of North Carolina to exercise all civil rights, including the right to dispose of property, execute instruments, make purchases, enter into contractual relationships, register and vote, bring civil actions, and marry and get a divorce, unless the exercise of a civil right has been precluded by an unrevoked adjudication of incompetency. This section shall not be construed as validating the act of any client who was in fact incompetent at the time he performed the act. (1973, c. 475, s. 1; c. 1436, ss. 2-5; 1985, c. 589, s. 2.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 122C - Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Act of 1985
Article 3 - Clients' Rights and Advance Instruction.
§ 122C-51 - Declaration of policy on clients' rights.
§ 122C-52 - Right to confidentiality.
§ 122C-53 - Exceptions; client.
§ 122C-54 - Exceptions; abuse reports and court proceedings.
§ 122C-54.1 - Recodified as G.S14-409.42 by Session Laws 2015-195, s11(b), effective August 5, 2015.
§ 122C-55 - Exceptions; care and treatment[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 122C-56 - Exceptions; research and planning.
§ 122C-56.1 - Exceptions; security recordings.
§ 122C-57 - Right to treatment and consent to treatment.
§ 122C-58 - Civil rights and civil remedies.
§ 122C-59 - Use of corporal punishment.
§ 122C-60 - Use of physical restraints or seclusion.
§ 122C-61 - Treatment rights in 24-hour facilities.
§ 122C-62 - Additional rights in 24-hour facilities[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 122C-63 - Assurance for continuity of care for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
§ 122C-64 - Client rights and human rights committees.
§ 122C-65 - Offenses relating to clients.
§ 122C-66 - Protection from abuse and exploitation; reporting.
§ 122C-67 - Other rules regarding abuse, exploitation, neglect not prohibited.
§ 122C-73 - Scope, use, and authority of advance instruction for mental health treatment.
§ 122C-74 - Effectiveness and duration; revocation.
§ 122C-75 - Reliance on advance instruction for mental health treatment.
§ 122C-77 - Statutory form for advance instruction for mental health treatment.