HAR §11-175-52. Right to an adequate diet

Psychiatric facilities and residential treatment facilities shall: (1) Post current menus at least 24 hours in advance when there is no choice of meals offered; (2) Ensure that at least three balanced meals are available at regular intervals within each 2-hour period and that snacks are available when there is more than 14 hours between a substantial evening meal and breakfast or the 175 - 40 A7 62 11-175-54 intervals between other meals is more than five hours; (3) Require informed consent for any special diet prescribed by a physician and encourage, but not require a consumer to follow such a diet. Refusal to consent to a special diet shall be construed as a treatment. [Eff. and comp DEC 30 1988; comp OCT 19 2007] (Auth: HRS §321-9) (Imp: HRS §334E-2)