Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part XI - Hospitals › Subpart 3 - General Hospitals › Chapter 7 - Patient Involvement › Section XI-701 - Patient Rights

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each patient
				  shall expect the following as an integral part of the healing process.
1. The patient has the right to considerate
				  and respectful care.
2. The patient
				  has the right to obtain from his physician complete current information
				  concerning his diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be
				  reasonably expected to understand. When it is not medically advisable to give
				  such information to the patient, the information should be made available to an
				  appropriate person in his behalf. He has the right to know, by name, the
				  physician responsible for coordinating his care.
3. The patient has the right to refuse
				  treatment to extent permitted by law and to be informed of the medical
				  consequences of his action.
4. The
				  patient has the right to every consideration of his privacy to the extent
				  consistent with providing adequate medical care to the patient. This shall not
				  preclude discrete discussion of a patient's case or examination of patient by
				  appropriate health care personnel. Those not directly involved in his care must
				  have the permission of the patient to be present.
5. The patient has the right to expect that
				  all communications and records pertaining to his care should be treated as
				  confidential, except as otherwise provided by law or third party payment
				  contract.
6. The patient has the
				  right to expect that within its capacity a hospital must make a reasonable
				  response to the patient's request for services customarily rendered by the
				  hospital consistent with the patient's treatment. The hospital must provide
				  evaluation, service, and/or referral as indicated by the urgency of the case.
				  When medically permissible, a patient may be transferred to another facility
				  only after he has received complete information and explanation concerning the
				  needs for and alternatives to such a transfer. The institution to which the
				  patient is to be transferred must first have accepted the patient for
				  transfer.
7. The patient has the
				  right to obtain information as to any relationship of his hospital to other
				  health care and educational institutions insofar as his care is concerned. The
				  patient has the right to obtain information as to the existence of any
				  professional relationships among individuals, by name, who are treating
				  him.
8. The patient has the right
				  to be advised if the hospital proposes to engage in or perform human
				  experimentation affecting his care or treatment. The patient has the right to
				  refuse to participate in such research projects.
9. The patient has the right to expect
				  reasonable continuity of care. He has the right to know in advance what
				  appointment times and physicians are available and where. The patient has the
				  right to expect that the hospital will provide a mechanism whereby he is
				  informed by his physician or a delegate of the physician of the patient's
				  continuing health care requirements following discharge.
10. The patient has the right to examine and
				  receive an explanation of his bill, regardless of source of payment.
11. The patient has the right to know the
				  hospital rules and regulations that apply to his conduct as a
				  patient.
12. The patient has the
				  right to treatment without discrimination as to race, color, religion, sex,
				  national origin or source of payment.