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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="10-703" title_number="10" title_name="Mental Health Law" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Rights of Mentally Ill Individuals in Facilities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each individual in a facility shall be entitled to converse privately with and receive visits:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At all reasonable hours, from a lawyer that the individual chooses;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At all reasonable hours, from a clergyman that the individual chooses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>During reasonable visiting hours that the facility sets, from any other visitor if the individual wishes to see the visitor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If an individual refuses to see a visitor, the refusal shall be made a permanent part of the individual’s record.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, for medically justified reasons, visits or private conversations are restricted, the restriction and the reasons for the restriction shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Signed by a physician;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Dated as to when the restriction expires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Made a permanent part of the individual’s record; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Reviewed every 30 days if the restriction remains in effect.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Visits of an individual’s lawyer or clergyman may not be restricted during reasonable hours.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
