Section 22-B3406. RESIDENTS’ RIGHTS

 

3406.1A supportive and protective environment shall be provided to each resident to promote his or her comfort, self-esteem, and personal dignity, and to ensure that the resident’s property and civil rights are respected.

 

3406.2A written copy of the rights and privileges (which may be obtained from the Mayor) set forth in §§ 3406.3 through 3406.11 shall be given to each resident and his or her sponsor, if any, upon admission.

 

3406.3Each resident shall be permitted to receive visitors at any reasonable hour in an area permitting private conversation.

 

3406.4Residents shall have the right of privacy in their rooms, and community residence facility personnel shall respect this right by knocking on the door before entering a resident’s room.

 

3406.5A resident’s mail shall be delivered unopened unless medically contraindicated (as documented by a physician in the patient’s medical record), or unless the mail relates to financial affairs for which responsibility has been delegated to the community residence facility in accordance with the provisions of § 3207.

 

source

Regulation No. 74-15 (June 14, 1974); as amended by the Community Residence Facilities Act of 1977 § 101(e), D.C. Law 2-35, 24 DCR 1458, 1478, 1481-1483 (August 19, 1977); as amended by ERRATA published at 51 DCR 9308 (October 1, 2004).