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might have access to them, and to keep and be allowed to spend a reasonable sum of the patient's own money for the patient's needs and comfort; (5) shall be allowed to have visitors at reasonable times; (6) shall have ready access to letter writing materials, including stamps, and have the right to send and receive unopened mail; (7) shall have reasonable access to a telephone, both to make and receive confidential calls; (8) has the right to be free of corporal punishment; (9) has the right to reasonable opportunity for indoor and outdoor exercise and recreation; (10) has the right, at any time, to have a telephone conversation with or be visited by an attorney; (11) may not be retaliated against or subjected to any adverse change of conditions or treatment solely because of assertion of rights under this section; (12) who is a minor or an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed may not be transferred from a crisis stabilization center, evaluation facility, or treatment facility to a different crisis stabilization center, evaluation facility, or treatment facility before the center or facility makes a good faith attempt to notify the parent or guardian of the person, as applicable, of the proposed transfer. (b) The patient's rights under (a)(4), (5), (7) and (9) of this section may be suspended temporarily, following the initial evaluation period, if the professional person in charge of the patient determines that granting the patient those rights will pose a threat to the safety or well- being of the patient or others. Sec. 47.30.845. Confidential records. Information and records obtained in the course of a screening investigation, evaluation, examination, or treatment are confidential and are not public records, except as the requirements of a hearing under AS 47.30.660 — 47.30.915 may necessitate a different procedure. Information and records may be copied and disclosed under regulations established by the department only to (1) a physician or a provider of health, mental health, or social and welfare services involved in caring for, treating, or rehabilitating the patient; (2) the patient or an individual to whom the patient has given written consent to have information disclosed; (3) a person authorized by a court order; (4) a person doing research or maintaining health statistics if the anonymity of the patient is assured and the facility recognizes the project as a bona fide research or statistical undertaking; (5) the Department of Corrections in a case in which a prisoner confined to the state prison is a patient in the state hospital on authorized transfer either by voluntary admission or by court order; (6) a governmental or law enforcement agency when necessary to secure the return of a patient