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(a) A treatment facility shall conduct a nutritional evaluation of a person admitted or committed to a treatment facility for evaluation or treatment, whether the person is a voluntary or involuntary patient. The evaluation shall be conducted within the first week after the patient is admitted or committed. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a treatment facility is not required to conduct a nutritional evaluation of a patient who is released within 72 hours of arrival. (c) A patient has the right to a nutritionally sound and medically appropriate diet. After conducting the nutritional evaluation required under (a) of this section, the treatment facility shall take appropriate steps to correct the patient's nutritional deficiencies. Sec. 47.30.835. Civil rights not impaired. (a) A person may not deny to a person who is undergoing evaluation or treatment under AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915 a civil right, including but not limited to, the right to free exercise of religion and the right to dispose of property, sue and be sued, enter into contractual relationships, and vote. A person who violates this subsection commits the crime of interference with constitutional rights under AS 11.76.110. (b) Court-ordered evaluation or treatment under AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915 is not a determination of legal incapacity under AS 13.26.005 — 13.26.580. Sec. 47.30.836. Psychotropic medication in non-crisis situation. (a) An evaluation facility or designated treatment facility may not administer psychotropic medication to a patient in a situation that does not involve a crisis under AS 47.30.838(a)(1) unless the patient (1) has the capacity to give informed consent to the medication, as described in AS 47.30.837, and gives that consent; the facility shall document the consent in the patient's medical chart; (2) authorized the use of psychotropic medication in an advance health care directive properly executed under AS 13.52 or authorized an agent or surrogate under AS 13.52 to consent to the use of psychotropic medication for the patient and the agent or surrogate does consent; or (3) is determined by a court to lack the capacity to give informed consent to the medication and the court approves use of the medication under AS 47.30.839. (b) Before administering psychotropic medication to a minor patient under this section, a mental health professional shall consult with a parent or guardian of the minor, evaluate the minor for drug withdrawal and medical psychosis caused by currently prescribed drugs or self-medication, and review all available information regarding the minor's family history, diet, medications, and other contributing factors. Sec. 47.30.837. Informed consent. (a) A patient has the capacity to give informed consent for purposes of AS 47.30.836 if the patient is competent to make mental health or medical treatment decisions and the consent is