10. The patient has a legal right to all the information contained in his or her medical
record while in he health care facility and to examine the record upon request.
11. We recognize the right of a patient to discuss his or her condition with a consultant-
specialist at his or her own request and his or her own expense.
12. The patient has a legal right not to have any test or procedure designed for
educational purposes, rather than for his or her direct personal benefit, performed on him
or her.
13. The patient has a legal right to refuse any particular drug, test procedure, or
treatment.
14. The patient has a legal right to both personal and informational privacy with respect
to: the hospital staff, other doctors, residents, interns and medical students, researchers,
nurses, other hospital personnel, and other patients.
15. We recognize the patient's right of access to people outside the health care facility
by means of visitors and telephone. Parents may stay with children and relatives with
terminally ill patients 24 hours a day.
16. The patient has a legal right to leave the health care facility, regardless of physical
condition or financial status, although he or she may be requested to sign a release
stating that he or she is leaving against the medical judgment of his or her doctor or the
hospital.
17. No patient may transfer to another facility unless: he or she has received a
complete explanation of the desirability and need for the transfer, the other facility has
accepted the patient for transfer, and the patient has agreed to transfer. If the patient
does not agree to transfer, the patient has the right to a consultant's opinion on the
desirability of transfer.
18. The patient has the right to be notified of discharge at least 1 day before it is
accomplished, to demand a consultation by an expert on the desirability of discharge,
and to have a person of the patient's choice notified.
19. The patient has the right, regardless of source of payment, to examine and receive
an itemized and detailed explanation of his or her total bill.
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