District of Columbia § 7-1305.03 Least restrictive conditions.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-1305.03 — Least restrictive conditions.

District of Columbia § 7-1305.03

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 13Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities.

Subch. VRights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.

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Bluebook

D.C. Code § 7-1305.03 (2026).

Text

(a)Persons shall have a right to the least restrictive conditions necessary and available to achieve the purposes of habilitation. To this end, the residential facility shall move persons from:

(1)More to less structured living;

(2)Larger to smaller facilities;

(3)Larger to smaller living units;

(4)Group to person residence;

(5)Segregated to integrated community living; or

(6)Dependent to independent living.

(b)If at any time the Director decides that a person should be transferred out of the facility to a less restrictive environment, he or she shall immediately notify the Court pursuant to section 309. Notice shall be provided to the person, the person’s counsel, the person’s advocate for a person with an intellectual disability, if one has been appointed, and

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(a) Persons shall have a right to the least restrictive conditions necessary and available to achieve the purposes of habilitation. To this end, the residential facility shall move persons from:

(1) More to less structured living;

(2) Larger to smaller facilities;

(3) Larger to smaller living units;

(4) Group to person residence;

(5) Segregated to integrated community living; or

(6) Dependent to independent living.

(b) If at any time the Director decides that a person should be transferred out of the facility to a less restrictive environment, he or she shall immediately notify the Court pursuant to section 309. Notice shall be provided to the person, the person’s counsel, the person’s advocate for a person with an intellectual disability, if one has been appointed, and the person’s parent or guardian who petitioned for the commitment.

Legislative History

Mar. 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-137, § 503, 25 DCR 5094; Sept. 26, 1995, D.C. Law 11-52, § 506(o), 42 DCR 3684; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-169, § 17(ff), 59 DCR 5567