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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
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