Rights to be publicized

§ 2994-u. Rights to be publicized. The commissioner shall prepare a statement summarizing the rights, duties, and requirements of this article and shall require that a copy of such statement be furnished to a patient or to the patient's surrogate, or to the parent or guardian of a minor patient, at or prior to admission to the hospital, or within a reasonable time thereafter, and to any person on the surrogate list who requests a copy of the statement from the hospital. The statement shall also be made available to the hospital clinical staff.