§ 70.96A.160. Visitation and communication with patients
(1) Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of visitation which the secretary may adopt, patients in any approved treatment program shall be granted opportunities for adequate consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with family and friends consistent with an effective treatment program.
(2) Neither mail nor other communication to or from a patient in any approved treatment program may be intercepted, read, or censored. The secretary may adopt reasonable rules regarding the use of telephone by patients in approved treatment programs.
[1989 c 270 § 29; 1972 ex.s. c 122 § 16.]
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