2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 202B - ADMISSION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY .060 Rights of residents with an intellectual disability -- Adoption of regulations.
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202B.060
Rights of residents with an intellectual disability -- Adoption of
regulations.
The secretary shall adopt administrative regulations for the proper administration and
enforcement of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) Rights of residents with an intellectual disability and their families to be adequately
informed as to the individual treatment program of the resident;
(2) Rights of residents and their families to assist in the planning of the treatment
program of the resident;
(3) Rights of residents and their families under certain conditions to refuse treatment
offered to the resident by the hospital or ICF/ID;
(4) Rights of residents to maintain, keep, and use personal possessions and money;
(5) Rights of residents to meet with friends and relatives;
(6) Rights of residents to receive payment for work performed on behalf of the hospital
or ICF/ID;
(7) Rights of residents to refuse intrusive treatments, including electroshock or
psychosurgery;
(8) Rights of residents to seek relief from participating in their treatment plans;
(9) Rights of residents who are minors to seek relief from actions, approved by their
parents or guardians, for or against admission and discharge;
(10) The use of seclusion and other mechanical restraints in hospitals and ICF/IDs;
(11) The release of residents to less restrictive alternative modes of treatment on
convalescent status; and
(12) Provisions for alternative methods for involuntary admission.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 43, effective July 12, 2012. -- Amended
1990 Ky. Acts ch. 147, sec. 29, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts
ch. 139, sec. 14, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 328, sec. 7.
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