Notice Procedures

(1) Signs shall be posted in highly conspicuous areas on facility grounds, and particularly at facility entrances, to give notice to visitors and employees when persons and property on facility grounds are subject to administrative inspection. Signs should include information that bringing alcohol, drugs or weapons onto facility grounds is not permitted, and that such items are subject to confiscation. (2) Present employees, patients and residents shall be appropriately informed of this policy and these procedures prior to its implementation. (3) Upon admission, patients and residents shall be given information about this policy and these procedures by means of including such information in the statement and explanation of patients’ or residents’ rights provided at admission. (4) Whenever practicable, prospective patients or residents, and their families and friends should be given information about this policy and these procedures prior to the time of admission. (5) Applicants for employment should be given information about this policy and these procedures. (6) Generally, notice should be given in a manner and at a time reasonably calculated to allow a person to make decisions and arrangements to protect legitimate privacy interests.