Section 19-342 - Hospitals. - Maryland Statutes

§ 19-342. Hospitals.
 

(a)  Patient's bill of rights.- Each administrator of a hospital is responsible for making available to each patient in the hospital a copy of the patient's bill of rights that the hospital adopts under the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals' guidelines. 

(b)  Patient's bill of rights - Statement.- The patient's bill of rights shall include a statement that a patient has a right to expect and receive appropriate assessment, management, and treatment of pain as an integral component of the patient's care. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 43, § 565F; 1982, ch. 21, § 2; 2002, ch. 368, § 1.]