R432-750-25. Hospice Inpatient Facility Patient's Rights

(1) In addition to Section R432-750-9, the licensee shall honor each patient's right to: (a) be free of chemical and physical restraints for discipline or staff convenience; (b) be free of mental and physical abuse; (c) exercise their rights as a patient of the facility and as a citizen or resident of the United States; (d) have family members remain with the patient through the night; (e) have the family or the responsible person. informed by the hospice inpatient facility licensee of significant changes in the patient's condition or needs; (f) keep personal possessions and clothing as space permits; (g) leave the facility at any time and not be locked into any room, building, or on the facility premises during the day or night, except that the hospice inpatient facility licensee may lock doors at night for the protection of patients; (h) manage and control personal cash resources; (i) participate in religious and social activities of the patient's choice; (j) privacy during visits with family, friends, clergy, social workers, and advocacy representatives; (k) privacy for the family following a patient's death; (l) receive palliative treatment rather than treatment aimed at intervention for cure or prolongation of life; (m) receive visitors, including small children, at any hour; (n) refuse nutrition, fluids, medications, and treatments; and (o) send and receive mail unopened and have access to telephones to make and receive confidential calls. (2) The licensee shall post patient rights in a public area of the facility. (3) The licensee shall ensure restraints ordered to treat a medical condition comply with the requirements of Rule R432-150.