Community Grievance Decision Digest

DISCRIMINATION, RIGHT to be FREE FROM

THE LAW:

Each patient shall... "Have a right to a humane psychological ... environment within the hospital facilities..."

§ 51.61(1)(m), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]

"No...patient or resident of an approved treatment facility or consumer of services provided under this chapter may be discriminated against because of age, race, creed, color, sex or handicap."

§ 51.90, Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]

Each patient shall... “Have the right to be treated with respect and recognition of the patient's dignity and individuality by all employees of the treatment facility or community mental health program and by licensed, certified, registered or permitted providers of health care with whom the patient comes in contact.”

§ 51.61(1)(x), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]

"All patients shall be treated as individuals and addressed with respect."

HFS 94.24(2)(b), Wis. Admin. Code [Emphasis added.]

DECISIONS:

[None at this time.]

Last Updated: November 07, 2006