• The right to impartial access to treatment regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or handicap;
• The right to exercise his/her rights while receiving care or treatment in the hospital without coercion,discrimination, or retaliation;
• The right to have a surrogate (parent, legal guardian, person with medical power of attorney) exercise the patient's rights when the patient is incapable of doing so,without coercion, discrimination, or retaliation;
• The right to participate in the development and implementation of his/her plan of care;
• The right to make informed decisions regarding his/her care, be informed of his/her health status, be involved in care planning and treatment; and be able to request or refuse treatment. This right must not be construed as a mechanism to demand the provision of treatment or services deemed medically unnecessary or inappropriate;
• The right to formulate advance directives and to have hospital staff and practitioners who provide care in the hospital comply with these directives;
• The right to have a family member or representative of his/her choice and his/her own physician notified promptly of his/her admission to the hospital;
• The right to personal privacy;
• The right to receive care in a safe setting;
• The right to be free from all forms of abuse, harassment, or neglect;
• The right to confidentiality of his/her clinical records;
• The right to access information contained in his/her clinical records within a reasonable time frame. The hospital must not frustrate the legitimate efforts of individuals to gain access to their own medical records and must actively seek to meet these requests as quickly as the recordkeeping system permits;
• The right to be free from restraints of any form that are not medically necessary or are used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff;
• Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of his/her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights, when he/she is informed of his/her other rights under this section, in advance of furnishing patient care whenever possible;
• Inform each patient (or support person, where appropriate) of the right, subject to his/her consent, to receive the visitors whom he/she designates, including, but not limited to, a spouse, a domestic partner (including a same-sex domestic partner), another family member, or a friend, and his/her right to withdraw or deny such consent at any time;
• Not restrict, limit, or otherwise deny visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability;
• Ensure that all visitors enjoy full and equal visitation privileges consistent with patient preferences;
• The right to be fully informed of and to consent or refuse to participate in any unusual, experimental, or research project without compromising his/her services;
• The right to know the professional status of any person providing his/her care/services;
• The right to know the reasons for any proposed change in the professional staff responsible for his/her care;
• The right to know the reasons for his/her transfer either within or outside the hospital;
• The right to know the relationship(s) of the hospital to other people or organizations participating in the provisions of his/her care;
• The right to access the cost, itemized when possible, of services rendered within a reasonable period of time;
• The right to be informed of the source of the hospital’s reimbursement for his/her services, and of any limitations which may be placed upon his/her care;
• The right to be informed to have pain treated as effectively as possible;
• The patient's family has the right of informed consent of donation of organs and tissues.
• You or your representative may file a complaint or grievance at any time with:

Patient Responsibilities