Patients have the right to open their own mail and to communicate by sealed mail with any person or agency. Patients have a right to visit with anyone they choose at reasonable times. Patients have a right to have reasonable access to telephones. Patients have a right to make and receive confidential telephone calls. Patients have a right to have opportunities for physical exercise.
Patients have a right to have opportunities for recreation outdoors.
Patients have a right to have reasonable and prompt access to newspapers, magazines and television and radio programs. Patients have a right to confidentiality of their medical and mental health records. Patients have a right to have access to their medical and mental health records. The patient's doctor, however, may legally deny total access if he determines it to be harmful to release the entire record. The reason for denial must be documented in the treatment record.