Right to appropriate treatment, services, and habilitation for disabilities. The treatment, services, and habilitation should maximize the potential of the person. The treatment, services, and habilitation should be provided in the setting that is least restrictive of the individual's personal liberty. The Federal government and the States have to ensure that public funds are provided only to institutional, residential, educational and other community programs that provide treatment, services, and habilitation that are appropriate to the needs of people with developmental disabilities. Care cannot put people with developmental disabilities into any greater risk of harm than others in the general population.
People receive appropriate and sufficient medical and dental services.
People cannot be physically restrained or put in seclusion, unless the person or other people are in immediate physical harm. Programs cannot use restraints and seclusion as a punishment. Programs cannot use restraints and seclusion instead of a habilitation program. Programs cannot use chemical restraints. Programs cannot use chemical restraints as a punishment.