(a)
(1) Policies and procedures shall permit residents to receive visits from anyone they wish, provided a particular visitor may be restricted for the following reasons:
- (A) The resident refuses to see the visitor;
- (B) The resident's physician specifically documents that such a visit would be harmful to the resident's health; or
- (C) The visitor's behavior is unreasonably disruptive to the facility.
- (2) This does not include those individuals who, because they advocate administrative change to protect resident rights, are considered a disruptive influence by the administrator.
- (b) Decisions to restrict a visitor shall be reviewed and evaluated each time the resident's plan of care or medical orders are reviewed by the physician or nursing staff, or at the resident's request.
- (c) Accommodations will be provided for residents to allow them to receive visitors in reasonable comfort and privacy.