• § 37-3-160 - Individual Dignity of Patients to Be Respected; Treatment of the Mentally Ill As Medical Patients; Use of Criminal Facilities and Procedures
  The patient's dignity as an individual shall be respected at all times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the patient is taken...
• § 37-3-161 - Securing of Least Restrictive Alternative Placement; Assisting Patient in Securing Placement in Noninstitutional Community Facilities and Programs
  It is the policy of the state that the least restrictive alternative placement be secured for every patient at every stage of his medical...
• § 37-3-162 - Patients' Care and Treatment Rights
  (a) Each patient in a facility and each person receiving services for mental illness shall receive care and treatment that is suited to his...
• § 37-3-163 - Recognition of Patient's Physical Integrity; Rights to Refuse Medication; Obtaining Consent to Treatment and Surgery; Emergency Surgery; Immunity of Hospital or Physician; Direction of Notice of Actions Taken Under Code Section
  (a) It shall be the policy of this state to recognize the personal physical integrity of all patients.(b) It shall be the policy of...
• § 37-3-164 - "Representative," "Substantial Change" Defined; Consultation by Patient's Representative With Treatment Facility; Notification of Treatment Change; Guardian's Consultation and Notification Rights
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Representative" means the representative designated by the patient or, in the absence of such...
• § 37-3-165 - Mistreatment, Neglect, or Abuse of Patients Prohibited; Use of Medication, Physical Restraints, or Seclusion Restricted; Standards for Use of Physical Restraint
  (a) Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse in any form of any patient is prohibited. Medication in quantities that interfere with the patient's treatment program is...
• § 37-3-166 - Treatment of Clinical Records; When Release Permitted; Scope of Privileged Communications; Liability for Disclosure; Notice to Sheriff of Discharge
  (a) A clinical record for each patient shall be maintained. Authorized release of the record shall include but not be limited to examination of...
• § 37-3-167 - Right of Patient to Examine His Records and to Request Correction of Inaccuracies; Promulgation of Rules and Regulations; Judicial Supervision of Files and Records Relating to Proceedings Under This Chapter
  (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 37-3-162, every patient shall have the right to examine all medical records kept in...
• § 37-3-168 - Right of Patient's Attorney to Interview Physicians, Psychologists, and Staff Attending Patient; Establishment of Regulations As to Release of Information to Patient's Attorney
  The patient's attorney shall have the right, at reasonable times, to interview the physician or psychologist and staff who have attended or are now...

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