TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES

Part 11. Long-Term Health Care Facilities

Resident's Rights Devolve To Authorized Representative

50-5-1106. Resident's rights devolve to authorized representative. The rights and responsibilities listed in 50-5-1104 and 50-5-1105 devolve to the resident's authorized representative when the resident:

(1) exhibits a communication barrier;

(2) has been found by the resident's physician to be medically incapable of understanding these rights; or

(3) has been adjudicated incompetent by a district court.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 582, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1816, Ch. 56, L. 2009.