New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 33 - RIGHTS OF PATIENTS
- 33.01 - Protection of Patients' Rights.
33.01 Protection of patients' rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be deprived of any civil right, if in all other respects...
- 33.02 - Notice of Rights of Individuals With Mental Disabilities.
33.02 Notice of rights of individuals with mental disabilities. (a) In order to ensure that residents of facilities or programs operated or licensed by the...
- 33.03 - Quality of Care and Treatment.
33.03 Quality of care and treatment. (a) Each patient in a facility and each person receiving services for mental disability shall receive care and treatment...
- 33.04 - Restraint of Patients.
33.04 Restraint of patients. (a) As used in this section, "restraint" means the use of an apparatus on a patient which prevents the free movement...
- 33.05 - Communications and Visits.
33.05 Communications and visits. (a) Each patient in a facility shall have the right to communicate freely and privately with persons outside the facility as...
- 33.06 - Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents.
33.06 Reports of abuse, neglect, and significant incidents. The executive director of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs, in consultation...
- 33.07 - Care and Custody of the Personal Property of Persons Receiving Services.
33.07 * Care and custody of the personal property of persons receiving services. * NB Effective until June 30, 2018 * Care and custody of...
- 33.08 - Personal Needs Allowance for Residents of State Psychiatric Centers and State Operated Alcoholism Facilities.
33.08 Personal needs allowance for residents of state psychiatric centers and state operated alcoholism facilities. (a) For the purposes of this section: 1. "countable resources"...
- 33.09 - Employment of Patients.
33.09 Employment of patients. (a) The department shall encourage employment of patients as part of therapeutic, community care, or release programs and shall promote training...
- 33.11 - Education for Children With Mental Disabilities.
33.11 Education for children with mental disabilities. The office of mental health and the office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide the same education...
- 33.12 - Hearing Evaluation.
33.12 Hearing evaluation. The office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide suitable hearing evaluations periodically for the residents in state schools. Upon the ascertainment...
- 33.13 - Clinical Records; Confidentiality.
33.13 Clinical records; confidentiality. (a) A clinical record for each patient or client shall be maintained at each facility licensed or operated by the office...
- 33.14 - Sealing of Records Pertaining to Treatment for Mental Illness.
33.14 Sealing of records pertaining to treatment for mental illness. (a) (1) Any person who has been admitted to receive inpatient or outpatient services for...
- 33.15 - Habeas Corpus.
33.15 Habeas corpus. (a) A person retained by a facility or the department or a relative or friend on his behalf is entitled to a...
- 33.16 - Access to Clinical Records.
33.16 Access to clinical records. (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Clinical record" means any information concerning or relating to the examination...
- 33.17 - Transportation of Female Patients.
33.17 Transportation of female patients. Any female patient who is being transported to or from a facility shall be accompanied by another female, unless accompanied...
- 33.21 - Consent for Mental Health Treatment of Minors.
33.21 Consent for mental health treatment of minors. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "minor" shall mean a person under eighteen years of...
- 33.23 - Incident Notifications and Reports.
33.23 Incident notifications and reports. (a) The director of a facility, as defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of this chapter, shall provide telephone...
- 33.25 - Release of Records Pertaining to Allegations and Investigations of Abuse and Mistreatment.
33.25 Release of records pertaining to allegations and investigations of abuse and mistreatment. (a) Records and documents pertaining to allegations and investigations into reportable incidents...
Last modified: February 3, 2019