Client Rights and Responsibilities

To have private visits from your lawyer, doctor or clergyman at a reasonable time.
To correspond by sealed mail with officials of the Department of Mental Health, your lawyer, or court.
To have humane care and treatment
To the extent that the facilities, equipment, and personnel are available, to have medical care and treatment in accordance with the highest standards accepted in medical practice.
To have safe and clean housing.
To attend religious services.
To receive prompt evaluation, care, and treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation.
To be treated with respect and dignity as a human being.
To be a subject of an experiment only with your consent or the consent of the person legally authorized to act for you.
To have your private doctor examine you at your expense.
To be evaluated and cared for in the least restrictive place.
To refuse hazardous treatment or surgery unless ordered by a court.
To request and have a second opinion before hazardous treatment of irreversible surgery or except in emergencies
To have nourishing well-balanced meals.
To not work unless it is part of your treatment, habilitation, or rehabilitation.