It is the intent of the legislature that:
- (1) preservation of relationships between a patient and the patient's family members and associates is essential to the health and well-being of the patient; and
- (2) a patient's need for visitation is a right that may not be superseded by other government objectives, except as provided in 50-5-1404.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 406, L. 2023.