10A NCAC 70G .0507      CLIENT RIGHTS

(a)  The agency shall develop and implement policies and procedures to protect the individual rights and dignity of children and families who are provided services by the agency.

(b)  The agency shall have a client's and family's rights policy that complies with 10A NCAC 70E .1101(a).

(c)  The agency shall have a policy that prohibits direct involvement by a child in soliciting funds for the agency.

(d)  The agency shall have a policy that prohibits the child's participation in any activities involving audio or visual recording and research without the voluntary signed, time‑limited consent of the parents, guardian or legal custodian, and the child if 12 years of age or older.

(e)  Each agency shall ensure that information about AIDS or related conditions is disclosed only in accordance with the communicable disease laws specified in G.S. 130A-143.

(f)  The agency shall have a policy to comply with the reasonable and prudent parent standard in accordance with G.S. 131D-10.2A.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 131D-10.2A; 131D-10.5; 143B-153;

Eff. October 1, 2008;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2017;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. October 3, 2017.