Patients shall have the right to be cared for with reasonable regularity and continuity of staff assignments as far as facility policy allows. Right to Refuse Care. Competent patients shall have the right to refuse treatment based on the information required in Right No. 6. In cases where a patient is incapable of understanding the circumstances but has not been adjudicated incompetent, or when legal requirements limit the right to refuse treatment, the conditions and circumstances shall be fully documented by the attending physician in the patient's medical record. Written, informed consent must be obtained prior to patient's participation in experimental research.
Patients have the right to refuse participation.
Both consent and refusal shall be documented in the individual care record. Freedom From Abuse. Patients shall be free from mental and physical abuse as described in the Vulnerable Adults Protection Act. Every patient shall also be free from nontherapeutic chemical and physical restraints, except in fully documented emergencies, or as authorized in writing after examination by a patients' physician for a specified and limited period of time, and only when necessary to protect the patient from self-injury or injury to others. Patients shall have the right to respectfulness and privacy as it relates to their medical and personal care program.