Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-750 - Hospice Rule
Section R432-750-25 - Inpatient Hospice Patient's Rights
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-750-25
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) In addition to Section R432-750-9, the licensee shall honor each patient's right to:
(a) exercise
their rights as a patient of the facility and as a citizen or resident of the
United States;
(b) be free of
mental and physical abuse;
(c) be
free of chemical and physical restraints for discipline or staff
convenience;
(d) have family
members remain with the patient through the night;
(e) receive visitors, including small
children, at any hour;
(f) privacy
for the family following a patient's death;
(g) keep personal possessions and clothing as
space permits;
(h) privacy during
visits with family, friends, clergy, social workers, and advocacy
representatives;
(i) send and
receive mail unopened and have access to telephones to make and receive
confidential calls;
(j) have family
or the responsible person informed by the inpatient hospice of significant
changes in the patient's condition or needs;
(k) participate in religious and social
activities of the patient's choice;
(l) manage and control personal cash
resources;
(m) receive palliative
treatment rather than treatment aimed at intervention for cure or prolongation
of life;
(n) refuse nutrition,
fluids, medications, and treatments; and
(o) 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 inpatient hospice may lock doors at night for the
protection of patients.
(2) The licensee shall post patient rights in a public area of the facility.
(3) Restraints ordered to treat a medical condition shall comply with the requirements of Rule R432-150.
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