• § 37-3-140 - Retention of Rights and Privileges by Patients Generally; Right to Due Process
  Patients shall retain all rights and privileges granted other persons or citizens. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person who...
• § 37-3-141 - Patients' Right to Legal Counsel
  It shall be the responsibility of the department to see that every patient is given the opportunity to secure legal counsel at his own...
• § 37-3-142 - Communication and Visitation Rights of Patients; Inspection, Restriction, and Censorship of Patient Correspondence; Establishment of Regulations Governing Visits and Use of Telephones
  (a) Each patient in a facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside the facility and to receive visitors...
• § 37-3-143 - Patients' Rights in Regard to Personal Effects; Liability of Facility's Employees and Staff Members for Loss of or Damage to Patients' Personal Effects
  A patient's rights to his personal effects shall be respected. The chief medical officer may take temporary custody of such effects when required for...
• § 37-3-144 - Patients' Right to Vote
  Each patient in a facility who is eligible to vote shall be given his right to vote in primary, special, and general elections and...
• § 37-3-145 - Employment of Patients Outside Facilities
  If a patient wishes to be employed outside a facility and if such employment will aid in the patient's treatment, he shall be assisted...
• § 37-3-146 - Education of Children Undergoing Treatment in a Facility
  The rights of any child under treatment in a facility to an appropriate education at public expense shall not be abridged during hospitalization; and...
• § 37-3-147 - Patient Representatives and Guardians Ad Litem; Notification Provisions; Duration and Scope of Guardianship Ad Litem
  (a) At the time a patient is admitted to any facility under this chapter, that facility shall use diligent efforts to secure the names...
• § 37-3-148 - Right of Patients or Representatives to Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and for Judicial Protection of Rights and Privileges Granted by This Chapter
  (a) At any time and without notice, a person detained by a facility or a relative or friend on behalf of such person may...
• § 37-3-149 - Establishment of Procedures for Receiving Patients' and Staff Complaints; Making of Final Decisions; Establishment of Rules and Regulations Implementing Procedures; Complaint Procedures As Alternative to Legal Remedies
  Each facility shall establish procedures whereby complaints of the patient or complaints of the staff concerning treatment of the patient can be speedily heard,...
• § 37-3-150 - Right to Appeal Orders of Probate Court, Juvenile Court, or Hearing Examiner; Payment of Costs of Appeal; Right to Subsequent Appeal; Right to Legal Counsel on Appeal
  The patient, the patient's representatives, or the patient's attorney may appeal any order of the probate court or hearing officer rendered in a proceeding...

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