Grievance Procedure

(a) There shall be a one-step grievance procedure made available to patients on assisted outpatient treatment status. (b) Grievances concerning treatment may be made to the medical director of each inpatient facility. (c) Grievances about a patient’s treatment regimen may be brought by (1) the patient or on the patient’s behalf by his or her legal guardian or conservator; (2) his or her patient advocate; (3) any party at a hearing for the institution of or renewal of assisted treatment; or (4) his or her spouse, parent, adult child or, (5) if there is no relative of such degree, his or her closest living relative. (d) The grievance of a patient whose treating psychiatrist is the facility’s medical director shall be ruled on by a medical professional generally appointed for this purpose by the GBHWC or its designee. 2015 SOURCE: Subsection designations added pursuant to authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.