125.38 - RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS.
125.38 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF PATIENTS.
1. Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of visitation
which the department may adopt, a patient in a facility shall be
granted an opportunity 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 a
facility may be intercepted, read or censored, except that the
department may adopt reasonable rules regarding the use of telephones
by patients in facilities and the delivery of chemical substances.
3. The patient shall be provided an opportunity to receive prompt
evaluation, emergency services and care as indicated by sound medical
practice and treatment which, in the judgment of the chief medical
officer of a facility, is most likely to result in the individual's
recovery or in the mitigation of the individual's condition to an
extent sufficient to permit the individual's discharge from the
facility. Section History: Early Form
[C75, 77, § 125.21; C79, 81, § 125.38] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1136
Referred to in § 125.3, 125.7