Community Grievance Decision Digest
POSSESSIONS, LOST OR DAMAGED
THE LAW:
Each
patient shall..."Be permitted to use … his own … personal articles…”
§ 51.61(1)(q), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]
DECISIONS:
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A discharged patient asked the hospital to return
his personal journal. It
should be returned to him
since it is his property,
whether or not the hospital considered it part of his treatment
record. (Level III decision in Case No. 01-SGE-06 on 10/18/01)
Last Updated: November 08, 2006 |
