- (a) The facility must ensure the rights of all clients.
(b) Therefore, the facility must:
- (1) Inform each client, parent (if the client is a minor), or legal guardian, of the client's rights and the rules of the facility;
(2) Inform each client, parent (if the client is a minor), or legal guardian, of the client's:
- (A) Medical condition;
- (B) Developmental and behavioral status;
- (C) Attendant risks of treatment; and
- (D) Right to refuse treatment;
- (3) Allow and encourage individual clients to exercise their rights as clients of the facility, and as citizens of the United States, including the right to file complaints, and the right to due process;
- (4) Allow individual clients to manage their financial affairs and teach them to do so to the extent of their capabilities;
- (5) Ensure that clients are not subjected to physical, verbal, sexual, or psychological abuse or punishment;
- (6) Ensure that clients are free from unnecessary drugs and physical restraints and are provided active treatment to reduce dependency on drugs and physical restraints;
- (7) Provide each client with the opportunity for personal privacy and ensure privacy during treatment and care of personal needs;
- (8) Ensure that clients are not compelled to perform services for the facility and ensure that clients who do work for the facility are compensated for their efforts at prevailing wages and commensurate with their abilities;
- (9) Ensure clients the opportunity to communicate, associate, and meet privately with individuals of their choice, and to send and receive unopened mail;
- (10) Ensure that clients have access to telephones with privacy for incoming and outgoing local and long distance calls except as contraindicated by factors identified within their individual program plans;
- (11) Ensure clients the opportunity to participate in social, religious, and community group activities;
- (12) Ensure that clients have the right to retain and use appropriate personal possessions and clothing, and ensure that each client is dressed in his or her own clothing each day; and
- (13) Permit a husband and wife who both reside in the facility to share a room.