§ 2803-c. Rights of patients in certain medical facilities. 1. The\nprinciples enunciated in subdivision three hereof are declared to be the\npublic policy of the state and a copy of such statement of rights and\nresponsibilities shall be posted conspicuously in a public place in each\nfacility covered hereunder.\n 2. The commissioner shall require that every nursing home and facility\nproviding health related service, as defined in subdivision two and\nparagraph (b) of subdivision four of section twenty-eight hundred one of\nthis article, shall adopt and make public a statement of the rights and\nresponsibilities of the patients who are receiving care in such\nfacilities, and shall treat such patients in accordance with the\nprovisions of such statement.\n 3. Said statement of rights and responsibilities shall include, but\nnot be limited to the following:\n a. Every patient's civil and religious liberties, including the right\nto independent personal decisions and knowledge of available choices,\nshall not be infringed and the facility shall encourage and assist in\nthe fullest possible exercise of these rights.\n b. Every patient shall have the right to have private communications\nand consultations with his or her physician, attorney, and any other\nperson.\n c. Every patient shall have the right to present grievances on behalf\nof himself or herself or others, to the facility's staff or\nadministrator, to governmental officials, or to any other person without\nfear of reprisal, and to join with other patients or individuals within\nor outside of the facility to work for improvements in patient care.\n d. Every patient shall have the right to manage his or her own\nfinancial affairs, or to have at least a quarterly accounting of any\npersonal financial transactions undertaken in his or her behalf by the\nfacility during any period of time the patient has delegated such\nresponsibilities to the facility.\n e. Every patient shall have the right to receive adequate and\nappropriate medical care, to be fully informed of his or her medical\ncondition and proposed treatment unless medically contraindicated, and\nto refuse medication and treatment after being fully informed of and\nunderstanding the consequences of such actions.\n f. Every patient shall have the right to have privacy in treatment and\nin caring for personal needs, confidentiality in the treatment of\npersonal and medical records, and security in storing personal\npossessions.\n g. Every patient shall have the right to receive courteous, fair, and\nrespectful care and treatment and a written statement of the services\nprovided by the facility, including those required to be offered on an\nas-needed basis.\n h. Every patient shall be free from mental and physical abuse and from\nphysical and chemical restraints, except those restraints authorized in\nwriting by a physician for a specified and limited period of time or as\nare necessitated by an emergency in which case the restraint may only be\napplied by a qualified licensed nurse who shall set forth in writing the\ncircumstances requiring the use of restraint and in the case of use of a\nchemical restraint a physician shall be consulted within twenty-four\nhours.\n i. A statement of the facility's regulations and an explanation of the\npatient's responsibility to obey all reasonable regulations of the\nfacility and to respect the personal rights and private property of the\nother patients.\n j. A statement that should the patient be adjudicated incompetent and\nnot be restored to legal capacity, or if a conservator should be\nappointed for the patient, the above rights and responsibilities shall\nbe exercised by the appointed committee or conservator in a\nrepresentative capacity.\n k. Every patient shall have the right to receive upon request kosher\nfood or food products prepared in accordance with sections two hundred\none-a, two hundred one-b and two hundred one-c of the agriculture and\nmarkets
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