Sec. 571.0066. PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION INFORMATION. (a) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a mental health facility that admits a patient under this subtitle to provide to the patient in the patient's primary language, if possible, information relating to prescription medications ordered by the patient's treating physician. (b) At a minimum, the required information must: (1) identify the major types of prescription medications; and (2) specify for each major type: (A) the conditions the medications are commonly used to treat; (B) the beneficial effects on those conditions generally expected from the medications; (C) side effects and risks associated with the medications; (D) commonly used examples of medications of the major type; and (E) sources of detailed information concerning a particular medication. (c) The facility shall also provide the information to the patient's family on request, but only to the extent not otherwise prohibited by state or federal confidentiality laws.
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