§ 31-8-152. Creation of Indigent Care Trust Fund
There is created the Indigent Care Trust Fund as a separate fund in the state treasury. The state treasurer shall credit to the trust fund all amounts dedicated, transferred, or contributed to such trust fund and shall invest the trust fund moneys in the same manner as authorized for investing other moneys in the state […]
§ 31-8-109. Use or Threat of Physical Restraints, Isolation, or Restrictions on Mobility
Each resident shall be free from actual or threatened physical restraints, isolation, or restrictions on mobility within or outside the facility grounds, including the use of drugs to limit mobility, except to the minimum extent necessary to protect the resident from immediate injury to the resident or to others. In no event shall restraints, restrictions, […]
§ 31-8-110. Right to Select Pharmacy or Pharmacist; Charges for Pharmaceutical Supplies and Services; Information as to Purpose and Effects of Drugs
Each resident or guardian shall be permitted to select the pharmacy or pharmacist of his choice for those pharmaceutical supplies and services not provided by the facility as a part of the basic rate. However, if the facility under its policies or procedures utilizes a specific type of unit dose system, such pharmacy or pharmacist […]
§ 31-8-111. Rights as Citizen
Each resident shall be encouraged and assisted by the facility to exercise all rights, benefits, and privileges as a citizen including, but not limited to, the following: The right to vote. Residents who are eligible to vote shall have the right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The facility shall […]
§ 31-8-112. Freedom From Duty to Perform Services for Facility; Right to Rise and Retire at Times of Resident’s Choice; Tobacco and Alcoholic Beverages; Freedom to Enter and Leave Facility
Each resident shall be free from a duty to perform services for the facility. Each resident shall be permitted to rise and retire at times of his choice, if the resident does not interfere with the rights of others. Unless contradictory to written admission policies of which the resident, guardian, or representative is informed prior […]
§ 31-8-113. Right to Retain and Use Personal Property at Facility; Provision of Secure Storage Space for Such Property; Records of Stored Property; Investigation of Complaints of Theft
Each resident shall be permitted to retain and use his personal property, including funds and clothing, in his immediate living quarters as space permits. Upon request, the facility shall provide a means of securing the resident’s property in his room or in any other secured part of the facility so long as the resident has […]
§ 31-8-114. Right to Privacy
Each resident shall enjoy the right of privacy including, but not limited to, the following: The right to privacy in the resident’s room or the resident’s portion of the room. The staff may not enter a resident’s room without making their presence known, except when the resident is asleep, in an emergency threatening the health […]
§ 31-8-115. Use of Payments Made to or on Behalf of a Resident; Right of Resident or His Guardian to Manage the Resident’s Financial Affairs; Assistance by Facility in Such Management
Any payments made to or on behalf of a resident, regardless of the payee, shall be used exclusively for the resident’s benefit, unless otherwise required by law. Each resident or his guardian shall be permitted to manage the financial affairs of the resident and to withdraw and use funds from any personal account established for […]
§ 31-8-116. Involuntary Transfer of Residents Discharged From Facility; Return to Facility After Transfer
Except in an emergency, where the resident or other residents are subject to an imminent and substantial danger that only immediate transfer or discharge will relieve or reduce, a facility may involuntarily transfer a resident only in the following situations and after other reasonable alternatives to transfer have been exhausted: A physician determines that failure […]
§ 31-8-117. Suspension of Certain Rights Where Exercise Poses Danger to Self or Other Residents; Notice of Suspension; Duration
Only the rights enumerated in paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of Code Section 31-8-108 and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of Code Section 31-8-112 may be suspended as a result of medical contraindication, as determined by the resident’s physician, and then only under the following conditions: The physician has personally examined the resident and the […]