(a) A parental successor may be an individual, whether related or not to the person who has been determined to be a person with developmental disabilities under the regulations of the director of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals; a bank with a trust department, acting through its trust department; a church, acting through the incumbent of a position to be indicated in the instrument designating or the order appointing the parental successor; or an organization concerned with the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities. (b) A minor may be named or appointed as a parental successor, but he or she may actually serve only after reaching the age of eighteen (18) years. History of Section.P.L. 1972, ch. 128, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1975, ch. 127, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 23-43.2-2; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 386, § 2.
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