Utah Admin. Code R432-100-12 - Patient Rights
(1) The licensee
shall inform each patient at the time of admission of patient rights and
support the exercise of the patient's right to:
(a) access medical records, and to purchase
at a cost not to exceed the community standard, photocopies of their
record;
(b) be fully informed of
their medical health status in a language they can understand;
(c) reasonable access to care;
(d) refuse treatment;
(e) formulate an advance directive in
accordance with the Title 75, Chapter 2a, Advance Health Care Directive
Act;
(f) uniform, considerate, and
respectful care;
(g) participate in
the decision-making process in managing their health care with their physician,
or to have a designated representative involved;
(h) express complaints regarding the care
received and to have those complaints resolved when possible;
(i) refuse to participate in experimental
treatment or research;
(j) be
examined and treated in surroundings designed to give visual and auditory
privacy; and
(k) be free from
mental and physical abuse, and to be free from chemical and, except in
emergencies, physical restraints except as authorized in writing by a licensed
practitioner for a specified and limited period or when necessary to protect
the patient from injury to themselves or others.
(2) The licensee shall establish a policy and
inform patients and legal representatives regarding the withholding of
resuscitative services and the forgoing or withdrawing of life-sustaining
treatment and end-of-life care. The licensee shall ensure the policy is
consistent with Title 75, Chapter 2a, Advance Health Care Directive
Act.
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