§ 7509 - Treatment; right of access - Vermont Statutes

§ 7509. Treatment; right of access

(a) Upon admission to the hospital pursuant to sections 7508, 7617 or 7624 of this title, the person shall be treated with dignity and respect and shall be given such medical and psychiatric treatment as is indicated.

(b) The person shall be given the opportunity, subject to reasonable limitations, to communicate with others, including the reasonable use of a telephone.

(c) The person shall be requested to furnish the names of persons he or she may want notified of his or her hospitalization and kept informed of his or her status. The head of the hospital shall see that such persons are notified of the status of the patient, how he or she may be contacted and visited, and how they may obtain information concerning him or her. (Added 1977, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; amended 1997, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a.)