Patient/Resident Rights

Information on your legal rights as a psychiatric hospital patient or resident of a long-term care facility.

Rights In Psychiatric Hospitals - brochure

This brochure gives a basic outline of your rights as a patient in a psychiatric hospital in Kentucky. The attached file is in PDF format.

Your Rights

This booklet gives an overview of legal rights for adults. It is written at a  basic  level.

Your Rights— in PDF format

Patient's Rights

Patient's rights—908 KAR 3:010

Outlines the rights of patients hospitalized under either of the involuntary hospitalization statutes for adults. 

Transfer and Discharge Rights

Transfer and discharge rights—900 KAR 2:050

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