{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-24.5-6","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 40.1-24.5-6","heading":"Qualified rights of residents.","body":"Except to the extent that the director as defined in § 40.1-24.5-1 determines that a limitation or a denial of one of the following rights would be in the resident’s best interests and, further, unless the director documents the good-cause reasons for the denial or limitations in the resident’s individualized service plan, the resident shall be entitled to the following:\n(1) To wear one’s own clothes and to keep and use one’s own personal possessions;\n(2) To keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of one’s own money for consumer purchases;\n(3) To have reasonable access to a telephone to make and receive confidential calls;\n(4) To have opportunities for physical exercise and outdoor recreation;\n(5) To have reasonable, prompt access to current newspapers, magazines, and radio and television programming; and\n(6) To receive visitors of one’s own choosing at all reasonable times. Posted reasonable visiting hours must be maintained in each community residence, with a minimum of six (6) hours daily.","path":["Title 40.1 Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals","Chapter 24.5 Community Residences"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE40.1/40.1-24.5/40.1-24.5-6.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:34Z","sha256":"f1f24b136b1609ba167c472588f951cdc8028486bf9defd842dff07196b13945","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-24.5-5","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-40.1-24.5-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}