Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 630

Department of Mental Health

←630.115

Section 630.120.1

630.125→

August 28, 2015

No presumptions.

630.120. No patient or resident, either voluntary or involuntary,

shall be presumed to be incompetent, to forfeit any legal right,

responsibility or obligation or to suffer any legal disability as a

citizen, unless otherwise prescribed by law, as a consequence of receiving

evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation for a mental

disorder, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental

disability, alcohol problem or drug problem.



(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)





1991



1991



630.120. No patient or resident, either voluntary or involuntary, shall

be presumed to be incompetent, to forfeit any legal right, responsibility or

obligation or to suffer any legal disability as a citizen, unless otherwise

prescribed by law, as a consequence of receiving evaluation, care, treatment,

habilitation or rehabilitation for a mental disorder, mental illness, mental

retardation, developmental disability, alcohol problem or drug problem.



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