Each person involuntarily detained for evaluation or treatment under the provisions of this Chapter shall have the following rights, a list of which shall be prominently posted in English, Chamorro and Tagalog in all facilities providing such services and otherwise brought to his attention by such additional means as the Attorney General may require:

(a) Every patient shall be entitled to humane care and treatment and, to the extend that facilities, equipment, and personnel are available, to medical care and treatment in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice.

(b) To the fullest extend possible, all treatment proposed to be administered shall be planned in consultation with the patient and he shall be kept informed as to the nature, purpose and possible consequences of his treatment.

(c) The patient’s attorney shall have the right at all times to examine all records of and plans for the treatment of the patient and, upon request and reimbursement to the treating facility for reasonable costs of copying, to a photocopy of all or any part of such records and plan.

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CH. 82 MENTALLY ILL PERSONS

(d) Within twenty-four (24) hours of the signing of any order for commitment for 28-day treatment and continuously thereafter, the detained person’s record at the treatment facility shall contain detailed, written information stating the mental health treatment being provided and the specific objectives of such treatment.

(e) Within five (5) days after the entry of an order committing a person to ninety (90) day treatment, the qualified mental health professional staff in charge of the patient’s treatment shall prepare an individual treatment plan.

(f) Every patient, or his attorney, has the right to refuse electroconvulsive therapy, Insulin Shock, Psycho Surgery, or any other measure which requires the physical invasion of the patient’s body.

SOURCE: Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 19-016:1 (Apr. 11, 1988).