59-29b48. Civil rights of persons subject to the provisions of this act.
59-29b48
59-29b48. Civil rights of persons subject to theprovisions of this act.(a) The fact that a person may have voluntarily accepted anyformof treatment for an alcohol or substance abuse problem, or become subject to acourt order entered under authority of this act, shall not be construed to meanthat such person shall have lost any civil right they otherwise would have as aresident or citizen, any property right or their legal capacity, except as maybe specified within any court order or as otherwise limited by the provisionsof this act or the reasonable rules and regulations which the head of atreatment facility may for good cause find necessary to make for the orderlyoperations of that facility. No person held in custody under the provisions ofthis act shall be denied the right to apply for a writ of habeas corpus.
(b) There shall be no implication or presumption that a patient within theterms of this act is for that reason alone a person in need of a guardian ora conservator, or both, asprovided inK.S.A. 59-3050 through 59-3095, and amendments thereto.
(c) A person who is a mentally ill person subject to involuntarycommitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-2946, and amendmentsthereto, or a person with an alcohol or substance abuse problem subject toinvoluntary commitment for care and treatment as defined in K.S.A. 59-29b46,and amendments thereto, shall be subject to K.S.A. 21-4204, and amendmentsthereto.
History: L. 1998, ch. 134, § 4;L. 2002, ch. 114, § 68;L. 2006, ch. 210, § 19; July 1, 2007.