Haw. Code R. § 11-175-44 - Right to participate in planning the treatment plan

(a) Psychiatric facilities and residential treatment facilities shall establish policies and procedures for exercise of the right of the consumer to participate in treatment planning when the consumer's plan is developed, reviewed, or modified. Procedures shall include:

(1) Meeting at least once with the consumer to discuss proposed treatment unless the consumer is unable or unwilling to do so;

(2) Providing the consumer with information sufficient to be able to participate in decisions about proposed and alternative forms of treatment, if any;

(3) Explaining to the consumer the right to disagree and, except for consumers specifically ordered by a court to be involuntarily treated, the right to refuse treatment, including medication.

(b) Informed consent to a treatment plan and to any significant change in the treatment plan by a consumer is one form of participation in planning the treatment plan.

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Haw. Code R. § 11-175-44

[Eff. and comp DEC 30 1988; Comp OCT 19 2007] (Auth: HRS § 321-9) (Imp: HRS S334E-2)