10 Colo. Code Regs. § 2505-10-8.924
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 24, December 25, 2024
Section 10 CCR 2505-10-8.924 - PATIENT RIGHTSA. Beginning September 1, 2022, a Health Care Facility shall make available to the public and to each patient information developed by the Department about patient's rights pursuant to Part 5 of Article 3 of Title 25.5 C.R.S. (2021) and the uniform application developed by the Department pursuant to section 25.5-3-505(2)(i), C.R.S.B. At a minimum, the Health Care Facility shall: 1. Post the information in all languages spoken by ten percent or more of the population in any Colorado county conspicuously on the Health Care Facility's website, including a link to the information on the Health Care Facility's main landing page;2. Make the information available in patient waiting areas;3. Make the information available to each patient, or the patient's legal guardian, before the patient is discharged from the Health Care Facility, verbally or in writing in the patient's or legal guardian's preferred language, which may include using professional interpretation and/or translation services; and4. Inform each patient on the patient's Billing Statement of the patient's rights pursuant to Part 5 of Article 3 of Title 25.5, C.R.S. (2021) including the right to apply for Discounted Care, and provide the website, email address, and telephone number where the information may be obtained in the patient's preferred language.C. Providers shall not present the patient's rights in a format that differs from the format in which the material is distributed by the Department without Department approval. 1. Providers may not make any part of the patient's rights information part of a footnote or use any other format that may minimize its importance.