§ 37-4-102. Right of Clients to Communicate With Persons Outside Facility and to Receive Visitors; Treatment of Client Correspondence; Establishment of Regulations Governing Visitation and Telephone Usage
Each client in a facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside the facility and to receive visitors inside the facility. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, each client shall be allowed to receive and send sealed, unopened mail; and no client’s incoming or outgoing mail shall be […]
§ 37-4-103. Clients’ Rights in Regard to Personal Effects; Liability of Facility’s Employees and Staff Members for Loss of or Damage to Clients’ Personal Effects
A client’s rights to his personal effects shall be respected. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator may take temporary custody of such effects when required for medical reasons. The facility shall make reasonable efforts to assure the safety of the client’s belongings, but no employee or staff member shall be responsible for loss of […]
§ 37-4-104. Clients’ Right to Vote
Each client in a facility who is eligible to vote shall be given his right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and in referendums. The superintendent or regional state hospital administrator of each facility shall permit and reasonably assist clients: To obtain voter registration forms, applications for absentee ballots, and absentee ballots; To […]
§ 37-4-105. Employment of Clients Outside Facilities
If a client wishes to be employed outside a facility and if such employment will aid in the client’s habilitation, he shall be assisted in his efforts to secure suitable employment and all benefits flowing from such employment. The department shall encourage such employment of clients and shall promote the training of clients for gainful […]
§ 37-4-42. Procedure for Continuation of Court Ordered Habilitation
If it is necessary to continue habilitation of a client beyond the end of the period during which the facility is currently authorized by order of a court or of an administrative law judge to retain the client, the superintendent or regional state hospital administrator, prior to the expiration of the period, shall seek an […]
§ 37-4-106. Education of Children Who Are Clients
The rights of any child receiving habilitation in a facility to an appropriate education at public expense shall not be abridged during hospitalization, and the special educational needs of each child shall be individually considered and respected. The department and the State Department of Education shall ensure that education is provided for all clients of […]
§ 37-4-44. Periodic Review of Individualized Program Plan; Discharge or Transfer to Another Facility Upon Change in Client’s Needs; Notice of Discharge or Transfer
Each individualized program plan shall be reviewed at regular intervals to determine the client’s progress toward the stated goals and objectives of the plan and to determine whether the plan should be modified because of the client’s present level of performance. These reviews should be based upon relevant progress notes in the client’s clinical record […]
§ 37-4-107. Appointment of Client Representatives and Guardians Ad Litem; Notification Provisions; Duration and Scope of Guardianship Ad Litem
At the time a client is admitted to any facility under this chapter, that facility shall make diligent efforts to secure the names and addresses of at least two representatives, which names and addresses shall be entered in the client’s clinical record. The client may designate one representative; the second representative or, in the absence […]
§ 37-4-60. Designation of Facility to Which Client to Be Admitted; Transfers of Clients Between Private and State Owned Facilities; Transfers of Clients Generally
The department may designate the state owned or state operated facility to which a client is admitted under this chapter. The department may instead designate a private facility, approved under Code Section 37-4-8, to which the client is to be admitted, if the department has obtained the prior agreement of the private facility and of […]
§ 37-4-108. Right of Clients or Representatives to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and for Judicial Protection of Rights and Privileges Granted by Chapter
At any time and without notice, a person detained by a facility or a mental health care agent, legal guardian, relative, or friend on behalf of such person may petition as provided by law for a writ of habeas corpus to question the cause and legality of detention and to request any court of competent […]