• § 37-2-30 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Advance directive for health care" means a written document voluntarily executed by a patient in accordance...
• § 37-2-31 - Creation of Office of Disability Services Ombudsman
  (a) There is created the office of disability services ombudsman. The chief officer of such office shall be the ombudsman.(b) The office and the...
• § 37-2-32 - Nominating Committee to Identify Qualified Candidates for Ombudsman; Committee Membership; Terms of Service of Ombudsman
  (a) A nominating committee appointed by the Governor shall identify at least three qualified persons to serve as ombudsman. In making the appointment of...
• § 37-2-33 - Powers of Ombudsman
  (a) The ombudsman may appoint such deputy ombudsmen and staff as may be deemed necessary to effectively fulfill the purposes of this article and...
• § 37-2-34 - Ombudsman and Other Office Personnel Deemed Members of Department Work Force for Certain Purposes
  The ombudsman and persons employed by or acting as agents of the ombudsman shall be deemed members of the work force of the department...
• § 37-2-35 - Duties of Ombudsman
  The ombudsman shall: (1) Establish priorities, policies and procedures for receiving, investigating, referring, and attempting to resolve complaints made by or on behalf of...
• § 37-2-36 - Investigations
  (a) The ombudsman on his or her initiative or in response to complaints made by or on behalf of consumers may conduct investigations in...
• § 37-2-37 - Investigation Report; Referrals to Division and Other Appropriate Agencies
  (a) Following an investigation, the ombudsman shall report his or her opinions or recommendations to the following, as applicable: the consumer, parent of a...
• § 37-2-38 - Confidentiality; Disclosure of Information
  (a) The identity of any complainant or individual providing information on behalf of the consumer or complainant relevant to the investigation of a complaint...
• § 37-2-39 - Notice of Complaint Procedure
  The ombudsman shall prepare and distribute to each services provider in the state a written notice describing the procedure to follow in making a...
• § 37-2-40 - Discrimination or Retaliation Prohibited; Sanctions
  (a) No person shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against any consumer, relative of a consumer, guardian or health care agent of a...
• § 37-2-41 - Federal Financial Participation; Documentation
  The ombudsman and commissioner shall obtain federal financial participation for eligible activity by the ombudsman. The ombudsman shall maintain and transmit to the department...
• § 37-2-42 - Immunity From Civil and Criminal Liability for Providing Certain Information to Ombudsman
  No person providing information, including but not limited to a consumer's records, to the ombudsman shall be held, by reason of having provided such...
• § 37-2-43 - Immunity From Civil and Criminal Liability for Filing Complaint; Ombudsman's Immunity for Actions Related to Discharge of Duties
  (a) Any person who makes a complaint or provides information relating to a complaint as authorized in this article shall incur no civil or...
• § 37-2-44 - Statutory Construction
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the power of the department to investigate complaints where otherwise authorized by law.
• § 37-2-45 - Medical Review Group to Review the Deaths of Consumers
  (a) The Governor shall appoint a medical review group to conduct medical reviews of all deaths of consumers in state hospitals or state operated...
• § 37-2-46 - Notification of Consumer's Death; Time Limits
  (a) Within 24 hours after a consumer suffers death, the division, governmental agency, or services provider shall notify the ombudsman of such death; provided,...
• § 37-2-47 - Scope of Part
  Commencing with the calendar month immediately following the month in which this part becomes effective, for the purposes of this article, the office and...

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