Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 37-7-140. Retention of rights and privileges by patients generally; right to due process

§ 37-7-141. Patients' right to legal counsel

§ 37-7-142. Right of patients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; inspection, restriction, and censorship of patient correspondence; establishment by chief medical officer of regulations governing visits and use of telephones

§ 37-7-143. Patients' rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility's employees and staff members for loss of or damage to patients' personal effects

§ 37-7-144. Patients' right to vote

§ 37-7-145. Employment of patients outside facilities

§ 37-7-146. Education of children undergoing treatment in a facility

§ 37-7-147. Appointment of patient representatives and guardians ad litem; notice provisions; duration and scope of guardianship ad litem

§ 37-7-148. Rights of patients or representatives to petition for writ of habeas corpus and for judicial protection of rights and privileges granted by this chapter

§ 37-7-149. Establishment of patients and staff complaint procedures; making of final decisions; complaint procedures as alternative to legal remedies

§ 37-7-150. Right to appeal orders of probate court, juvenile court, or hearing examiner; payment of costs of appeal; right of patient to subsequent appeal; right of patient to legal counsel on appeal

Part 2. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS TO MANNER OF CARE AND TREATMENT AND AS TO MAINTENANCE AND RELEASE OF CLINICAL RECORDS

§ 37-7-160. Individual dignity of patients to be respected; treatment of alcoholics and drug abusers as medical patients; use of criminal facilities and procedures

§ 37-7-161. Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting patient in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs

§ 37-7-162. Patient's care and treatment rights

§ 37-7-163. Recognition of patients' physical integrity; patients' right 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

§ 37-7-164. "Representative," "substantial change" defined; consultation by patient's representative with treatment facility; notification of treatment change; guardian's consultation and notification rights

§ 37-7-165. Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of patients; use of medication, seclusion, or physical restraints

§ 37-7-166. Maintenance, confidentiality, and release of clinical records; disclosure of confidential or privileged patient information

§ 37-7-167. Right of patient 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

§ 37-7-168. Right of patient's attorney to interview physician or psychologist and staff attending patient; establishment of regulations as to release of information to patient's attorney