District of Columbia § 7-1305.02 Living conditions; teaching of skills.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-1305.02 — Living conditions; teaching of skills.

District of Columbia § 7-1305.02

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 13Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities.

Subch. VRights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

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D.C. Code § 7-1305.02 (2026).

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Persons shall be provided with the least restrictive and most normal living conditions possible. Persons with intellectual disabilities found incompetent in a criminal case shall be provided with the least restrictive and most normal living conditions possible consistent with preventing the person from causing injury to others as a result of the person’s intellectual disability. This standard shall apply to dress, grooming, movement, use of free time, and contact and communication with the community, including access to services outside of the institution or residential facility. Persons shall be taught skills that help them learn how to effectively utilize their environment and how to make choices necessary for daily living and, in the case of a person committed under § 7-1304.06a , to re

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Persons shall be provided with the least restrictive and most normal living conditions possible. Persons with intellectual disabilities found incompetent in a criminal case shall be provided with the least restrictive and most normal living conditions possible consistent with preventing the person from causing injury to others as a result of the person’s intellectual disability. This standard shall apply to dress, grooming, movement, use of free time, and contact and communication with the community, including access to services outside of the institution or residential facility. Persons shall be taught skills that help them learn how to effectively utilize their environment and how to make choices necessary for daily living and, in the case of a person committed under § 7-1304.06a , to refrain from committing crimes of violence or sex offenses.

Legislative History

Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 502, 25 DCR 5094; Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 506(n), 42 DCR 3684; Oct. 17, 2002, D.C. Law 14-199, § 2(q), 49 DCR 7647; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 17(ee), 59 DCR 5567