1. (1) The licensee shall inform each patient during admission of patient rights and support the exercise of the patient's right to:

   1. (a) access medical records and purchase, at a cost not to exceed the community standard, photocopies of that patient's record;
   2. (b) be examined and treated in surroundings designed to give visual and auditory privacy;
   3. (c) be free from mental and physical abuse and from chemical and, except in emergencies, physical restraints, except as authorized in writing by a licensed practitioner for a specified and limited period or when necessary to protect the patient from self-injury or from injuring another;
   4. (d) be fully informed of that patient's medical health status in a language the patient can understand;
   5. (e) express any complaint regarding the care received and to have that complaint resolved when possible;
   6. (f) formulate an advance health care directive in accordance with the Title 75A, Chapter 3, Health Care Decisions;
   7. (g) participate in the decision-making process in managing that patient's health care with the patient's physician, or to have a designated representative involved;

   8. (h) refuse to participate in experimental treatment or research;

      1. (i) refuse treatment;
   9. (j) reasonable access to care; and
   10. (k) uniform, considerate, and respectful care.

2. (2)(a) The licensee shall establish a policy and inform patients and legal representatives regarding the withholding of resuscitative services and the forgoing or withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment and end-of-life care.

   1. (b) The licensee shall ensure the policy is consistent with Title 75A, Chapter 3, Health Care Decisions.

KEY: health care facilities

Date of Last Change: June 5, 2026

Notice of Continuation: August 22, 2025

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202; 26B-2-202; 26B-2-203