Patients’ right to legal counsel

37-7-142. Right of patients to communicate with persons outside facility and to receive visitors; inspection, restriction, and censorship of patient correspondence; establishment by chief medical officer of regulations governing visits and use of telephones. 37-7-143. Patients’ rights in regard to personal effects; liability of facility’s employees and staff 37-7-160. Individual dignity of patients to be respected; treatment of alcoholics and drug abusers as medical patients; use of criminal facilities and procedures. 37-7-161. Securing of least restrictive alternative placement; assisting patient in securing placement in noninstitutional community facilities and programs. 37-7-162. Patient’s care and treatment rights. 37-7-163. Recognition of patients’ physical integrity; patients’ right to refuse medication; obtaining consent to treatment and surgery; performance of emergency surgery; immunity of 257 T.37, C.7 MENTAL HEALTH T.37, C.7 Sec. Sec. physician; direction of notice of actions taken under Code section. 37-7-164. ‘‘Representative,’’ ‘‘substantial change’’ defined; consultation by patient’s representative with treatment facility; notification of treatment change; guardian’s consultation and notification rights. 37-7-165. Mistreatment, neglect, or abuse of patients; use of medication, seclusion, or physical restraints. 37-7-166. Maintenance, confidentiality, and release of clinical records; disclosure of confidential or privileged patient information. 37-7-167. Right of patient to examine his records and to request correction of inaccuracies; promulgation of rules and regulations; judicial supervision of files and records relating to proceedings under this chapter. 37-7-168. Right of patient’s attorney to interview physician or psychologist and staff attending patient; establishment of regulations as to release of information to patient’s attorney.