RSA 135-C:56 Fundamental Rights.

Title: X - PUBLIC HEALTH Chapter: 135-C - NEW HAMPSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM

I. No person receiving treatment for mental illness shall be deprived of any legal right to which all citizens are entitled, except as provided for by law.
II. No person shall be deemed incompetent to manage his affairs, to contract, to hold professional, occupational, or motor vehicle driver's licenses, to marry or to obtain a divorce, to vote, to make a will or to exercise any other civil right solely by reason of that person's admission to the mental health services system.
III. No person receiving mental health services shall be subjected to abuse or neglect.
IV. No person receiving mental health services shall be discriminated against in any manner because of race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or

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