2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 33 Human Services
Chapter 73 NURSING HOME RESIDENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
§ 7306 Resident's representative
7306. Resident's representative
(a) The rights and obligations established under this chapter shall devolve to a resident's reciprocal beneficiary, guardian, next of kin, sponsoring agency or representative payee (except when the facility itself is a representative payee) if the resident:
(1) has been adjudicated incompetent;
(2) has been found by his or her physician to be medically incapable of understanding or exercising the rights granted under this chapter; or
(3) exhibits a communication barrier.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the facility shall make every reasonable effort to communicate the rights and obligations established under this chapter directly to the resident. (Added 1985, No. 153 (Adj. Sess.); amended 1989, No. 71, 5; 1999, No. 91 (Adj. Sess.), 37.)
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