048-5 Wyo. Code R. §§ 5-3 - Treatment Rights
(a) Each client
shall receive treatment appropriate to his or her needs, which shall include at
least the following:
(i) The development of
an individualized written treatment plan that is reviewed and updated as
frequently as clinically indicated.
(ii) The right to initiate a grievance and a
mechanism for requesting a review of the grievance.
(b) Clients shall be allowed access to their
own records except as clinically contraindicated or except as information has
been provided by a third party on the condition that it will remain
confidential.
(c) Each client or,
where appropriate, the clients legal guardian, shall be informed orally and in
writing of the clients rights. If the client or guardian does not understand
written rights, these rights shall be explained orally in a language that the
client or guardian understands.
(d)
If a clients rights under this section are limited or denied due to clinical
contraindications, such limitations or denials shall be fully documented in the
clinical record.
(e) In residential
programs, in addition to the rights stated above, each clients personal privacy
and dignity shall be assured and protected within the constraints of the
individual treatment plan.
(i) The client
shall be allowed to have visitors, regardless of their age.
(ii) Suitable areas shall be provided for
clients to visit in private.
(iii)
Clients shall be allowed to send and receive mail without hindrance.
(iv) Clients shall be allowed to conduct
private telephone conversations with family and friends.
(v) Clients shall be provided with an
individualized plan of appropriate services, which provides for the least
restrictive treatment that may reasonably be expected to benefit the
client.
(vi) Clients shall be
allowed to wear their own clothing, to keep and use personal possessions,
including toilet articles, unless the articles may be used to endanger their
own or others lives, and to keep and be allowed to spend their own
money.
(vii) Clients shall be free
from physical restraints and isolation except when there is an immediate danger
to self or others.
(viii) Each
residential program shall have a written policy covering the use of restraint
and isolation, which ensures that the dignity and safety of the person are
protected and that there is regular, frequent monitoring by trained
staff.
(ix) If a residential
program limits or denies clients rights because of clinical contraindications,
such limitations or denials shall be fully documented in the clinical
record.
Notes
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