Utah Admin. Code R432-750-25 - Hospice Inpatient Facility Patient's Rights
(1) In addition to Section
R432-750-9, the licensee shall
honor each patient's right to:
(a) be free of
chemical and physical restraints for discipline or staff convenience;
(b) be free of mental and physical
abuse;
(c) exercise their rights as
a patient of the facility and as a citizen or resident of the United
States;
(d) have family members
remain with the patient through the night;
(e) have the family or the responsible
person. informed by the hospice inpatient facility licensee of significant
changes in the patient's condition or needs;
(f) keep personal possessions and clothing as
space permits;
(g) leave the
facility at any time and not be locked into any room, building, or on the
facility premises during the day or night, except that the hospice inpatient
facility licensee may lock doors at night for the protection of
patients;
(h) manage and control
personal cash resources;
(i)
participate in religious and social activities of the patient's
choice;
(j) privacy during visits
with family, friends, clergy, social workers, and advocacy representatives;
(k) privacy for the family
following a patient's death;
(l)
receive palliative treatment rather than treatment aimed at intervention for
cure or prolongation of life;
(m)
receive visitors, including small children, at any hour;
(n) refuse nutrition, fluids, medications,
and treatments; and
(o) send and
receive mail unopened and have access to telephones to make and receive
confidential calls.
(2)
The licensee shall post patient rights in a public area of the
facility.
(3) The licensee shall
ensure restraints ordered to treat a medical condition comply with the
requirements of Rule R432-150.
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