Article 5. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY


Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 37-4-100. Retention of rights and privileges by clients generally; right to due process
§ 37-4-101. Clients' right to legal counsel
§ 37-4-102. Right of clients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; treatment of client correspondence; establishment of regulations governing visitation and telephone usage
§ 37-4-103. Clients' rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility's employees and staff members for loss of or damage to clients' personal effects
§ 37-4-104. Clients' right to vote
§ 37-4-105. Employment of clients outside facilities
§ 37-4-106. Education of children who are clients
§ 37-4-107. Appointment of client representatives and guardians ad litem; notification provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem
§ 37-4-108. Right of clients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by chapter
§ 37-4-109. Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedure; final decisionmakers; right of administrative appeal; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies
§ 37-4-110. Appeal rights of clients, their representatives, or attorneys; payment of costs of appeal; right of client to subsequent appeal and to legal counsel on appeal
Part 2. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS TO MANNER OF HABILITATION AND AS TO MAINTENANCE AND RELEASE OF CLINICAL RECORDS
§ 37-4-120. Individual dignity of clients to be respected; use of criminal facilities and procedures
§ 37-4-121. Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting client in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs
§ 37-4-122. Client's care and treatment rights
§ 37-4-123. Recognition of clients' physical integrity; rights to refuse medication; obtaining consent to treatment and surgery; performance of emergency surgery, immunity of physician; direction of notice of actions taken under Code section
§ 37-4-124. Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of clients prohibited; use of medication, physical restraints, or seclusion restricted; standards for use of physical restraints
§ 37-4-125. Treatment of clinical records; scope of privileged communications; liability for disclosure
§ 37-4-126. Right of client to examine his records and to request correction of inaccuracies; promulgation of rules and regulations; judicial supervision of files and records relating to proceedings under this chapter
§ 37-4-127. Right of client's attorney to interview persons in charge of client's habilitation in a facility; establishment of regulations as to release of information to client's attorney

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TITLE 37 Chapter 4 Article 5 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Tolling of statute of limitations due to mental retardation of person to whom cause of action accrues, § 9-3-90.