{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-6d-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:6D-4","heading":"Rights unaffected by admission, residence, receipt of services.","body":"4.\tNo person with a developmental disability shall be presumed to be incapacitated or shall be discriminated against or shall be deprived of any constitutional, civil, or legal right solely by reason of admission to or residence at a facility or solely by reason of receipt of any service for persons with developmental disabilities.  No such admission, residence, or receipt of services shall modify or vary any constitutional, civil, or legal right of the person, including, but not necessarily limited to, the right to:\na.\tRegister and vote at elections;\nb.\tFree exercise of religion;\nc.\tReceive and send unopened correspondence and, upon request, to obtain assistance in the writing and reading of that correspondence;\nd.\tPrivate visitations and private telephone conversations without prior notice to the facility during reasonable hours as may be established by the facility with parents, guardians, representatives of guardian services, relatives, friends, physicians, attorneys, government officials, and any other persons;\ne.\tReasonable opportunities for interaction with members of the opposite sex;\nf. \tConfidential handling of personal and medical records.\nL.1977, c.82, s.4; amended 2013, c.103, s.91.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"15bd00ef4752d173d56c0bb334c37326a2b42ff6e07f2a20bc4b5864e4443187","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-6d-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-6d-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}