Sec. 15.4. Admission and retention of certain nonobjecting mentally retarded persons by schools

(a) Persons so seriously mentally retarded that they do not have sufficient understanding to be suitable for voluntary admission, and who do not object thereto, may be admitted to and retained in a school in accordance with section 33.25 of the Mental Hygiene Law and the procedures established thereunder.

(b) A mentally retarded person admitted to a school on a voluntary basis on his own application or involuntarily on medical certification shall not subsequently be converted to nonobjecting status.

(1) A mentally retarded person admitted to a school as a voluntary resident upon application of a parent or guardian (minor voluntary) may be converted to nonobjecting status when he or she reaches 18 years of age and is otherwise appropriate for nonobjecting status.

(2) This section shall not prevent the conversions to nonobjecting status of residents admitted in accordance with former sections 123 and 124 of the Mental Hygiene Law.