State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Maryland > Health-general > Title-19 > Subtitle-3 > 19-342§ 19-342. Hospitals.
(a) Patient's bill of rights.- Each administrator of a hospital is responsible for making available to each patient in the hospital a copy of the patient's bill of rights that the hospital adopts under the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals' guidelines.
(b) Patient's bill of rights - Statement.- The patient's bill of rights shall include a statement that a patient has a right to expect and receive appropriate assessment, management, and treatment of pain as an integral component of the patient's care.
[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 565F; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 2002, ch. 368, § 1.]
