D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A502
All MH provider staff shall treat each consumer receiving mental health services and supports with consideration and respect for the consumer's dignity, autonomy and privacy at all times.
Each consumer shall be provided a verbal explanation of the MH provider's Restraint and Seclusion Policy at intake or the next subsequent contact with the consumer. If the consumer is a minor or a legally incompetent adult, the consumer's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall also be given copies of the Restraint and Seclusion Policy.
Each MH provider shall communicate its restraint and seclusion policy in a language the consumer, or the consumer's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) understand. When necessary, the MH provider shall provide interpreters or translators, including those for American Sign Language.
Each MH provider shall request consumers to sign an acknowledgement of the explanation of the MH provider's Restraint and Seclusion Policy and document the acknowledgement in each consumer's clinical record.
Each consumer shall be provided the opportunity to document his or her advance instructions regarding treatment preferences in the event of a psychiatric emergency in accordance with the requirements of 22A DCMR Chapter 1 and DMH policy on the use of advance instructions. If the consumer is a minor or legally incompetent adult, the consumer's parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall also be given the opportunity to document advance instructions in accordance with the requirements of 22A DCMR Chapter 1 and DMH policy on the use of advance instructions.
Advance instructions regarding treatment preferences in the event of a psychiatric emergency shall be placed in the consumer's clinical record in accordance with the requirements of 22A DCMR Chapter 1 and DMH policy.
D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 22-A502