12010 e. 14. Client Rights (participant Rights)

STATEMENT OF PERSONAL RIGHTS

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As an individual receiving services all participants have the following rights:

  1. The right to be free from discrimination based on ethnic group identification, religion, age, gender, race, disability, or sexual orientation.
  2. The right to considerate and respectful care.
  3. The right to be accorded access to his or her record.
  4. The right to confidential treatment of all communications and records pertaining to your care and participation in our program. Written permission shall be obtained before records can be made available to anyone not directly connected with participants care. This right to confidentiality is provided for in the Code of Federal regulations, Title 42, Section 2.1 through 2.67-1.
  5. The right to leave the program at any time, this right does not prohibit us from setting rules for participants protection.
  6. The right to examine and receive an explanation of all participant fees, regardless of source of payment.
  7. The right to know program rules and policies, which apply to your services.
  8. The right to be accorded dignity in all personal relationships with program staff and other participants.
  9. The right to be safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, and equipment to meet your needs.
  10. The right to be free from intellectual, emotional, and/or physical abuse. This includes freedom from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature.
  11. The right to be informed of the provisions of law regarding grievances and our policy including the address and telephone number of the government agencies, which have administrative responsibilities over the program of which you are participating in.
  12. The right to be personally advised of these rights and to receive a copy during admission.
  13. The right to receive or reject medical care or health-related services.
  14. The right to MAT (medication assisted treatment) services

Although these rights will not be denied by any participant, some of these rights may not be applicable to all participants.

INFORMING CLIENTS OF THEIR RIGHTS

All participants in our program will be informed of their rights upon admittance into the program. All participants receive an orientation packet with the rules, regulations, fee assessments, rights to confidentiality and the grievance procedure.

PERSONAL RIGHTS – CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 9

  1. To the right to confidentiality as provided for in Title 42, Sections 2.1 though 2.76, code of Federal Regulations, effective August 1, 1975.
  2. To be accorded dignity in personal relationships with staff and other persons.
  3. To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations to meet his or her needs.
  4. To be free from verbal, intellectual, emotional, physical abuse and/or inappropriate sexual behavior.
  5. The right to be informed of the provisions of law regarding grievances and our policy including the address and telephone number of the government agencies, which have administrative responsibilities over the program of which you are participating in.
  6. The right to be free from discrimination based on ethnic group identification, religion, age, gender, race, disability, or sexual orientation.
  7. The right to be accorded access to his or her record.

All residents are personally advised of these rights and to receive a copy during the admissions process.