Protected Rights of Clients Served, Ohio Administrative Code 5122-26-18

1. The right to be treated with consideration and respect for personal dignity, autonomy, and privacy.

2. The right to protection from physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment, and sexual exploitation.

3. The right to receive services or support in the least restrictive, feasible environment.

4. The right to participate in any appropriate and available service or support consistent with an individualized treatment plan, regardless of the refusal of any other services or support, unless that certified service or support is a necessity for clear treatment reasons and involves the individual’s participation.

5. The right to give informed consent to or refuse any certifiable service or support

6. The right to participate in the development, review, and revision of one’s individualized treatment plan and receive a copy of it.

7. The right to freedom from unnecessary or excessive medication and to be free from restraint or seclusion unless there is an immediate risk of physical harm to self or others.

8. The right to be informed of and refuse any unusual or hazardous treatment procedures.

9. The right to be advised and the right to refuse observation by others and by techniques such as one-way vision mirrors, tape recorders, video recorders, television, movies, photographs, or other audio and visual technology. This right does not prohibit an agency from using closed-circuit monitoring to observe seclusion rooms or common areas, which do not include bathrooms or sleeping areas.

10. The right to the confidentiality of communications and personal identifying information within the limitations and requirements for disclosure of client information under state and federal laws and regulations.

• With respect to an adult client receiving residential and withdrawal management substance use disorder services as described in rule 5122-29-09 of the Administrative Code, the right to confidentiality of communications includes the right to write or receive uncensored, unopened correspondence subject to the provider’s rules regarding contraband when such rules do not conflict with federal postal regulations.
• With respect to an unemancipated minor client receiving residential and withdrawal management substance use disorder services as described in rule 5122-29-09 of the Administrative Code, the right to confidentiality of communications includes the right to write or receive mail subject to the provider’s policy regarding contraband and directives from the parent or legal guardian, when such rules and directives do not conflict with federal postal regulations.

11. The right to have access to one’s own client record unless access to certain information is restricted for clear treatment reasons. If access is restricted, the treatment plan shall include the reason for the restriction, a goal to remove the restriction, and the treatment being offered to remove the restriction.

12. The right to be informed in advance of the reason for terminating participation in a certifiable service or support and to be provided with a referral unless the service is unavailable or not necessary.

13. The right to be informed of the reason for denial of a certifiable service or support.

14. The right not to be discriminated against for receiving certifiable services or supports on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental handicap, developmental disability, genetic information, human immunodeficiency virus status, or in any manner prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.

15. The right to know the cost of certifiable services or supports.

16. The right to be verbally informed of all client rights and to receive a written copy upon request.

17. The right to exercise one’s own rights without reprisal, except that no right extends so far as to supersede safety considerations.

18. The right to file a grievance.

19. The right to have oral and written instructions concerning the procedure for filing a grievance and assistance in filing a grievance if requested.

20. The right to be informed of one’s own condition.

21. The right to consult with an independent treatment specialist or legal counsel at one’s own expense.