Section 0940-05-16-.34 - HOSPITAL PATIENT RIGHTS(1) The governing body must support, protect and enhance the constitutional and statutory rights of all recipients of services. The governing body must have provisions to ensure the protection of patient rights.(2) A written description of the patient's rights must be provided to all individuals receiving services. This must include their right to:(a) Grievance and appeal procedures;(b) Respectful, professional attention to any problem which falls within the scope of services provided by the facility;(c) Question and expect an answer to any concern related to therapies or services provided;(d) Confidentiality of communications by the patient to staff and all information in the case record;(e) Access to any information about the patient kept by the agency, unless it is documented that it is therapeutically a disadvantage to the patient;(f) Participate in the development and review of an individual treatment plan;(g) Be informed about the course of treatment; and(h) Give informed consent to treatment.(3) Each patient, within twenty-four (24) hours of admission to a facility, must be provided an orientation which includes minimally the following:(a) Explaining the facility's services, activities, performance expectations, rules and regulations including providing to the patient the program description (if applicable);(b) Familiarizing the patient with the facility's premises;(c) Introducing the patient to the direct-care and professional staff responsible for his/her care; and(d) Explaining patient rights and grievance procedures.(4) Facilities must not require patients to perform services for the facility which are ordinarily performed by the staff except under the following conditions: (a) The work is part of the individual treatment plan;(b) The work is performed voluntarily;(c) The patient receives wages commensurate with the economic value of the work; and(d) The work project complies with federal, state and local laws and regulations. Routine self-care and domicailiary activities that the patient would be expected to perform at this own home are not considered as work.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-05-16-.34
Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504.