Section 180-RICR-10-00-3.5 - Resident RightsA. Each resident shall have personal rights which include, but are not limited to, the following:1. To be accorded dignity in their personal relationships with staff, residents and other persons.2. To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment.3. To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, freedom from abuse, neglect and exploitation such as forced isolation, humiliation, intimidation, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature, such as withholding of monetary allowances or interfering with daily living functions such as eating or sleeping patterns or elimination.4. To be informed by the licensee of the provisions of law regarding complaints such as confidentiality.5. To have the freedom of attending religious services or activities of their choice and to have visits from the spiritual advisor of their choice.6. To visit the facility prior to residence along with their family and responsible persons.7. To have their family or responsible persons regularly informed by the licensee of activities related to their care or services including ongoing evaluations, as appropriate to the resident's needs.8. To have communications to the licensee from their family and responsible persons answered promptly and appropriately.9. To have their visitors, including ombudspersons and advocacy representatives, visit privately during reasonable hours but without prior notice, provided that the rights of other residents are not infringed upon.10. To wear their own clothes; to keep and use their own personal possessions, including their own toilet articles; and to keep and be allowed to spend their own money unless contraindicated.11. To have access to individual storage space for private use.12. To have reasonable access to telephones, to make and receive confidential calls.13. To mail and receive unopened personal correspondence.14. To receive or reject medical care, including right to choose a physician (this may require a transfer to the unit that physician covers).15. To receive assistance in exercising the right to vote.16. To move from the facility.180 R.I. Code R. 180-RICR-10-00-3.5
Adopted effective 1/20/2019