OAR 333-071-0410: Patient Rights

(1) An SICF shall ensure that the facility recognizes and protects the following rights of each patient. Each patient has a right to: (a) Be treated with dignity and respect; (b) Receive care in a safe setting; (c) Participate in the development and implementation of care and services to be furnished, including any changes or cessation of care and services; (d) Make informed decisions about requesting or refusing care and services; (e) Verbalize advance directives and to have the SICF and staff who provide care to comply the directives; (f) Have a family member, lay caregiver or other representative notified when admitted and discharged from the SICF; (g) Be free from neglect of care, and all forms of abuse or harassment; (h) Personal privacy; (i) The confidentiality of his or her medical records; (j) Access information contained in his or her medical record within a reasonable time frame; (k) Be free from physical or chemical restraint or seclusion; and (L) Voice grievances or complaints regarding care, services or any other issue without discrimination or reprisal for exercising such rights. (2) An SICF shall inform each patient, or the patient's representative, in writing of the patient's rights in advance of receiving or discontinuing care or services when possible. The information provided must include: (a) Procedures for filing a grievance or complaint with the SICF; and (b) Procedures for filing a grievance or complaint with the Authority.