§ 7701. Notice of rights The head of a hospital shall provide reasonable means and arrangements, including the posting of excerpts from relevant statutes, for informing patients of their right to discharge and other rights and for assisting them in making and presenting requests for discharge or for application to have the patient’s status changed […]
§ 7703. Treatment (a) Outpatient treatment or partial hospitalization shall be preferred to inpatient treatment. Emergency involuntary treatment shall be undertaken only when clearly necessary. Involuntary treatment shall be utilized only if voluntary treatment is not possible. (b) The Department shall establish minimum standards for adequate treatment as provided in this section, including requirements that, […]
§ 7704. Mechanical restraints Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to a patient unless it is determined by the head of the hospital or his or her designee to be required by the medical needs of the patient or the hospital. Every use of a mechanical restraint and the reasons therefor shall be made a […]
§ 7705. Communication and visitation (a) Subject to the general rules and regulations of the hospital and except to the extent that the head of the hospital determines that it is necessary for the medical welfare or needs of the patient or the hospital to impose restrictions, every patient is entitled: (1) to communicate by […]
§ 7706. Legal competence No determination that a person requires treatment and no order of the court authorizing hospitalization or alternative treatment shall lead to a presumption of legal incompetence for matters other than treatment. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; amended 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
§ 7707. Record of restrictions Any limitation imposed by the head of a hospital on the exercise of civil rights by a patient and the reasons for the limitation shall be made a part of the clinical record of the patient. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
§ 7708. Surgical operations If the superintendent finds that a patient supported by the State requires a surgical operation or that a surgical operation would promote the possibility of his or her discharge from the hospital, the superintendent, with the consent of the patient, his or her attorney, his or her legally appointed guardian, if […]
§ 7709. Change from involuntary to voluntary At any time, a patient may, with the permission of the head of the hospital, have his or her status changed from involuntary to voluntary upon making application as provided in section 7503 of this title. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968; […]
§ 7710. Visits by clergy or attorney A patient’s clergy or an attorney at law retained by or on behalf of any patient or appointed for him or her by any court shall be admitted to visit at all reasonable times. (Added 1967, No. 305 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1968.)
