Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 40.1-24.5 - Community Residences
Section 40.1-24.5-6. - Qualified rights of residents.

§ 40.1-24.5-6. Qualified rights of residents.
Except to the extent that the director as defined in § 40.1-24.5-1 determines that a limitation or a denial of one of the following rights would be in the resident’s best interests and, further, unless the director documents the good-cause reasons for the denial or limitations in the resident’s individualized service plan, the resident shall be entitled to the following:
(1) To wear one’s own clothes and to keep and use one’s own personal possessions;
(2) To keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of one’s own money for consumer purchases;
(3) To have reasonable access to a telephone to make and receive confidential calls;
(4) To have opportunities for physical exercise and outdoor recreation;
(5) To have reasonable, prompt access to current newspapers, magazines, and radio and television programming; and
(6) To receive visitors of one’s own choosing at all reasonable times. Posted reasonable visiting hours must be maintained in each community residence, with a minimum of six (6) hours daily.
History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 363, § 1.

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