Sections 225C.25 through 225C.28B shall be liberally construed and applied to promote their purposes and the stated rights and service quality standards. The commission, in coordination with appropriate agencies, shall adopt rules to implement the purposes of section 225C.28B, subsections 3 and 4, which include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Promotion of the human dignity and protection of the constitutional and statutory rights of persons with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or chronic mental illness in the state.
2. Encouraging the development of the ability and potential of each person with mental retardation, developmental disabilities, or chronic mental illness in the state to the fullest extent possible.
3. Encouraging activities to ensure that recipients of services shall not be deprived of any rights, benefits, or privileges guaranteed by law, the Constitution of the State of Iowa, or the Constitution of the United States solely on account of the receipt of the services.
85 Acts, ch 249, § 4; 92 Acts, ch 1241, § 65; 92 Acts, ch 1247, § 15, 16
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