Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 680 - Residential Care Homes › Subchapter 19 - Residents Rights and Responsibilities › Section 310:680-19-2 - Statement provisions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) A statement of
				rights and responsibilities shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Every resident's civil and religious
				liberties, including the right to independent personal decisions and knowledge
				of available choices, shall not be infringed and the residential care home
				shall encourage and assist in the exercise of these rights.
(2) Every resident shall have the rights to
				have private communications and consultations with the physician, attorney, or
				any other person of his choice, and may send and promptly receive, unopened,
				his personal mail.
(3) Every
				resident shall have the right, without fear of reprisal, to present grievances
				on behalf of himself or others to the residential care home's staff or
				administrator, to governmental officials, or to any other person and to join
				with other residents or individuals within or outside of the facility to work
				for improvements in resident care.
(4) Every resident shall have the right to
				manage his own financial affairs, unless the resident or his representative, if
				any, delegates the responsibility, in writing to the residential care home
				pursuant to the program certification requirements. The resident and his
				representative, in any, shall have at least a quarterly accounting of any
				personal financial transactions undertaken in his behalf by the residential
				care home during any period of time such responsibilities have been delegated
				to the residential care home.
(5)
				Every resident shall have the right to receive adequate and appropriate medical
				care consistent with established and recognized medical practice standards
				within the community. Every resident shall be fully informed by his attending
				physician of his medical condition and proposed treatment in terms and language
				that the resident can understand, unless medically contraindicated, and to
				refuse medication and treatment after being fully informed of and understanding
				the consequences of such actions.
(6) Every resident shall receive respect and
				privacy in his medical care program. Case discussion, consultation,
				examination, and treatment shall remain confidential and shall be conducted
				discreetly. Personal and medical records shall be confidential.
(7) Every resident shall have the right to
				retain and use his personal clothing and possessions, unless medically
				contraindicated, and shall have the right to security in the storage and use of
				such clothing and possessions.
(8)
				Every resident shall have the right to receive courteous and respectful care
				and treatment and a written statement of the services provided by the
				residential care home, including those required to be offered on an as-needed
				basis, and a statement of related charges, including any costs for services not
				covered under medicare or medicaid, or not covered by the residential care
				home's basic per diem rate.
(9)
				Every resident shall be free from mental and physical abuse, and from physical
				and chemical restraints as provided by the program certification
				standards.
(10) Every resident
				shall receive a statement of the facility's regulations and an explanation of
				the resident's responsibility to obey all reasonable regulations of the
				facility and to respect the personal rights and private property of the other
				residents.
(11) No resident shall
				be required to perform services for a residential care home. Regular
				participation in shared household tasks shall not be construed to mean
				"services for a residential care home" when said tasks are included as part of
				a training, habilitation, or rehabilitation plan for the resident pursuant to
				the program certification requirements for the residential care home and are
				performed as a part of normal shared household tasks.
(12) Every resident shall have privacy for
				spousal visits. Every resident may share a room with his/her spouse, if the
				spouse is residing in the same residential care home.
(13) When a physician indicates it is
				appropriate, a residential care home shall immediately notify the resident's
				next of kin, or representative of the resident's death or when the resident's
				death appears to be imminent.