ARTICLE 6 - RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY
- PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- § 37-3-140 - Retention of rights and privileges by patients generally; right to due process
- § 37-3-141 - Patients' right to legal counsel
- § 37-3-142 - Communication and visitation rights of patients; inspection, restriction, and censorship of patient correspondence; establishment of regulations governing visits and use of telephones
- § 37-3-143 - Patients' rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility's employees and staff members for loss of or damage to patients' personal effects
- § 37-3-144 - Patients' right to vote
- § 37-3-145 - Employment of patients outside facilities
- § 37-3-146 - Education of children undergoing treatment in a facility
- § 37-3-147 - Patient representatives and guardians ad litem; notification provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem
- § 37-3-148 - Right of patients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by this chapter
- § 37-3-149 - Establishment of procedures for receiving patients' and staff complaints; making of final decisions; establishment of rules and regulations implementing procedures; complaint procedures
- § 37-3-150 - Right to appeal orders of probate court, juvenile court, or hearing examiner; payment of costs of appeal; right to subsequent appeal; right to legal counsel on appeal
- PART 2 - RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS TO MANNER OF CARE AND TREATMENT AND AS TO MAINTENANCE AND RELEASE OF CLINICAL RECORDS
- § 37-3-160 - Individual dignity of patients to be respected; treatment of the mentally ill as medical patients; use of criminal facilities and procedures
- § 37-3-161 - Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting patient in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs
- § 37-3-162 - Patients' care and treatment rights
- § 37-3-163 - Recognition of patient's physical integrity; rights to refuse medication; obtaining consent to treatment and surgery; emergency surgery, immunity of physician; direction of notice of ac
- § 37-3-164 - "Representative," "substantial change" defined; consultation by patient's representative with treatment facility; notification of treatment change; guardian's consultation and notificat
- § 37-3-165 - Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of patients prohibited; use of medication, physical restraints, or seclusion restricted; standards for use of physical restraint
- § 37-3-166 - Treatment of clinical records; when release permitted; scope of privileged communications; liability for disclosure; notice to sheriff of discharge
- § 37-3-167 - Right of patient to examine his records and to request correction of inaccuracies; promulgation of rules and regulations; judicial supervision of files and records relating to proceedin
- § 37-3-168 - Right of patient's attorney to interview physicians, psychologists, and staff attending patient; establishment of regulations as to release of information to patient's attorney