New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:56 – Fundamental Rights
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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 marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of that person’s admission to the mental health services system.
III. No person receiving mental health services shall be subjected to abuse or neglect.
IV. No person receiving mental health services shall be discriminated against in any manner because of race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or degree of disability.
V. Persons receiving mental health services shall be treated with dignity and respect.
II. No person shall be deemed incompetent to manage his affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational, or motor vehicle driver’s licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of that person’s admission to the mental health services system.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:56
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Mental illness: means a substantial impairment of emotional processes, or of the ability to exercise conscious control of one's actions, or of the ability to perceive reality or to reason, when the impairment is manifested by instances of extremely abnormal behavior or extremely faulty perceptions. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- Neglect: means an act or omission which results or could result in the deprivation of essential services or supports necessary to maintain the minimum mental, emotional, or physical health and safety of an incapacitated adult. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Sexual orientation: means having or being perceived as having an orientation for heterosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:49
- Treatment: means examination, diagnosis, training, rehabilitation therapy, pharmaceuticals, and other services provided to clients in the mental health services system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 135-C:2
III. No person receiving mental health services shall be subjected to abuse or neglect.
IV. No person receiving mental health services shall be discriminated against in any manner because of race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or degree of disability.
V. Persons receiving mental health services shall be treated with dignity and respect.