The facility shall have written policies and procedures that describe the rights of patients and the means by which these rights are protected and exercised. These rights shall include the following:
1. Each patient shall have impartial access to treatment, regardless of race, religion, sex, ethnicity, age, or handicap;2. Each patient's personal dignity shall be recognized and respected in the provision of all care and treatment;3. Each patient shall receive individualized treatment, which shall include at least the following:a. The provision of adequate and human services, regardless of source(s) of financial support;b. The provision of services within the least restrictive environment possible;c. The provision of an individual treatment plan;d. The periodic review of the patient's treatment plan;e. The active participation of patients over 12 years of age and their responsible parent, relative, or guardian in planning for treatment; andf. The provision of an adequate number of competent, qualified, and experienced professional clinical staff to supervise and implement the treatment plan.4. Each a. The patient's family and significant others, regardless of their age, shall be allowed to visit the patient, unless such visits are clinically contraindicated;b. Suitable areas shall be provided for patients to visit in private, unless such privacy is contraindicated by the patient's treatment plan;c. Patients shall be allowed to send and receive mail without hindrance;d. Patients shall be allowed to conduct private telephone conversations with family and friends, unless clinically contraindicated;e. If therapeutic indications necessitate restrictions on visitors, telephone calls, or other communications, those restrictions shall be evaluated for therapeutic effectiveness by the clinically responsible staff at least every seven days; andf. If limitations on visitors, telephone calls, or other communications are indicated for practical reasons (for example, expense of travel or phone calls) such limitations shall be determined with the participation of the patient and the patient's family. All such restrictions shall be fully explained to the patient and the patient's family.5. Each patient has the right to request the opinion of a consultant at his or her expense or to request an in-house review of the individual treatment plan, as provided in specific procedures of the facility.15 Miss. Code. R. § 16-1-51.29.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13