Your Rights as a Patient

Your Rights as a Patient

• You have the right to receive services regardless of sex, age, marital status, race, national origin, religion, creed, handicap, or physical disability; and no service shall be denied because of inability to pay.
• You have the right to an explanation, in language you can understand, of your health status, or the care you will receive and of your right to refuse service.
• You have the right to the information necessary to enable you to give informed consent before your care begins.
• You have the right to be treated with courtesy and respect.
• You have the right to privacy.
• You have a right to expect that your health care will be handled confidentially.