us-wi/statute/49.498/3/a

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A nursing facility shall protect and promote the rights of each resident, including each of the following rights: 1.

(1)#

The right to choose a personal attending physician, to be fully informed in advance about care and treatment, to be fully informed in advance of any changes in care or treatment that may affect the resident’s well-being, and, except with respect to a resident who is adjudicated incompetent, to participate in planning care and treatment or changes in care and treatment.

(2)#

The right to be free from physical or mental abuse, corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion, and any physical or chemical restraints imposed for the purpose of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident’s medical symptoms. Restraints may only be imposed: a. To ensure the physical safety of the resident or other residents; and b. Upon the written order of a physician that specifies the duration and circumstances under which the restraints are to be used, except in emergency circumstances until the order could reasonably be obtained.

(2)(a)#

To ensure the physical safety of the resident or other residents; and

(2)(b)#

Upon the written order of a physician that specifies the duration and circumstances under which the restraints are to be used, except in emergency circumstances until the order could reasonably be obtained.

(3)#

The right to privacy with regard to accommodations, medical treatment, written and telephonic communications, visits, and meetings of family and of resident groups, except that this subdivision may not be construed to require provision of a private room.

(4)#

The right to confidentiality of personal and clinical records.

(5)#

The rights: a. To reside and receive services with reasonable accommodations of individual needs and preferences, except where the health or safety of the individual or other residents would be endangered; and b. To receive notice before the room or roommate of the resident in the nursing facility is changed.

(5)(a)#

To reside and receive services with reasonable accommodations of individual needs and preferences, except where the health or safety of the individual or other residents would be endangered; and

(5)(b)#

To receive notice before the room or roommate of the resident in the nursing facility is changed.

(6)#

The right to voice grievances with respect to treatment or care that is or is not furnished, without discrimination or reprisal for voicing the grievances, and the right to prompt efforts by the nursing facility to resolve grievances that the resident may have, including those with respect to the behavior of other residents.

(7)#

The right of the resident to organize and participate in resident groups in the nursing facility and the right of the resident’s family to meet in the nursing facility with the families of other residents in the nursing facility.

(8)#

The right of the resident to participate in social, religious and community activities that do not interfere with the rights of other residents in the nursing facility.

(9)#

The right to examine, upon reasonable request, the results of the most recent survey of the facility conducted by the federal department of health and human services or the department with respect to the nursing facility and any plan of correction in effect with respect to the nursing facility.

(10)#

Any other right specified in rules that the department shall promulgate in conformity with federal regulations.