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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-343" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hospitals and Related Institutions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section and §§ 19–344, 19–345, 19–345.1, 19–345.2, and 19–345.3 of this subtitle, “facility” means a related institution that, under the rules and regulations of the Department, is a comprehensive care facility or an extended care facility.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The General Assembly intends to promote the interests and well–being of each resident of a facility.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>It is the policy of this State that, in addition to any other rights, each resident of a facility has the following basic rights:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The right to be treated with consideration, respect, and full recognition of human dignity and individuality;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The right to receive treatment, care, and services that are adequate, appropriate, and in compliance with relevant State and federal laws, rules, and regulations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The right to privacy;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The right to be free from mental and physical abuse;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The right to notice, procedural fairness, and humane treatment when being transferred or discharged from a facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The right to participate in decision making regarding transitions in care, including a transfer or discharge from a facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>The right to expect and receive appropriate assessment, management, and treatment of pain as an integral component of the patient’s care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>The right to be free from physical and chemical restraints, except for restraints that a physician authorizes for a clearly indicated medical need;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>The right to receive respect and privacy in a medical care program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>The right to manage personal financial affairs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Each facility shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Post, conspicuously in a public place, the policy set forth in subsection (b) of this section and the provisions in §§ 19–344(b) through (m), 19–345, and 19–346(i)(2) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Give a copy of the policy and those provisions:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On admission, to the resident;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To the guardian, next of kin, or sponsoring agency of the resident; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>To a representative payee of the resident;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Keep a receipt for the copy that is signed by the person who received the copy; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Provide appropriate staff training to carry out the policy and those provisions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
