65E-5.190. Right to Communication and Visits

(1) If the treatment team imposes any restrictions on whom a person in a receiving or treatment facility may communicate, such restrictions and justification shall be recorded in the person’s clinical record. Recommended form CF-MH 3049, (December 2024), “Restriction of Communication or Visitors,” which is incorporated by reference and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-17368 may be used for this purpose. Facility staff shall make competent adults aware that they have the ability to waive the confidentiality of their presence in a receiving or treatment facility and allowing all or specified individuals the person selects access to private and open communication with the person. Recommended form CF-MH 3048, (December 2024), “Confidentiality Agreement,” incorporated by reference and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-17369 may be used for this purpose. (2) Immediate access to a telephone shall be provided to each person requesting to call his or her legal counsel, Florida Abuse Registry, Florida Local Advocacy Council, or the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities.