Oklahoma § 60-861 - Legislative findings - Goal of act
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§ 60-861. Legislative findings - Goal of act
A. The Legislature makes the following findings with regard to
the rights of persons with developmental or physical disabilities:
1. Persons with developmental or physical disabilities have a
right to appropriate treatment, services, and habilitation for such
disabilities;
2. The treatment, services, and habilitation for a person with
developmental or physical disabilities should be designed to
maximize the developmental potential of the person and should be
provided for in the setting that is least restrictive of the
person's personal liberty; and
3. All programs for persons with developmental or physical
disabilities should meet standards which are designed to ensure:
a.
the most favorable possible outcome for those served,
b.
in the case of residential programs for persons with
developmental or physical disabilities, that care is
appropriate to the needs of the persons being served
by such programs,
c.
that the persons admitted to facilities of such
programs are persons whose needs can be met through
services provided by such facilities, and
d.
that the facilities subject to such programs provide
for the humane care of the residents of the facilities
and protect their rights.
B. The Legislature declares that it is the goal of the
Community Residential Living for Persons with Developmental or
Physical Disabilities Act to improve the quality of life of all
persons with developmental or physical disabilities and to integrate
persons with developmental or physical disabilities into the
mainstream of society by ensuring them the availability of community
residential opportunities in the residential areas of this state.
In order to implement this goal, the Community Residential Living
for Persons with Developmental or Physical Disabilities Act shall be
liberally construed toward that end.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 169, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws
1996, c. 354, § 42, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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