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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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S.B. 796
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(vi) The right to be free from physical and chemical restraints,
except for restraints that a physician authorizes for a clearly indicated medical need;
(vii) The right to receive respect and privacy in a medical care
program; and
(viii) The right to manage personal financial affairs.
19-344.
(a) To carry out the policy set forth in § 19-343 of this subtitle, the following
procedures are required for all services provided to a resident of a facility.
(h) If it is feasible to do so and not medically contraindicated, spouses OR
DOMESTIC LIFE PARTNERS who are both residents of the facility shall be given the
opportunity to share a room.
(k) (1) Each married resident of a facility shall have privacy during a visit
by the spouse.
(2) EACH RESIDENT WHO IS PARTY TO A DOMESTIC LIFE PARTNERSHIP
SHALL HAVE PRIVACY DURING A VISIT BY THE OTHER DOMESTIC LIFE PARTNER
(q) (1) A resident of a facility or the next of kin, DOMESTIC LIFE PARTNER, or
guardian of the person of a resident may file a complaint about an alleged violation of
this section.
Article - Health Occupations
7-410.
(a) Any individual who is 18 years of age or older may decide the disposition of
the individual's own body after the individual's death without the pre-death or
post-death consent of another person by executing a document that expresses the
individual's wishes or by entering into a pre-need contract.
(c) Unless a person has knowledge that contrary directions have been given by
the decedent, if a decedent has not executed a document under subsection (a) of this
section, the following persons, in the order of priority stated, have the right to arrange
for the final disposition of the body of the decedent under this section and are liable
for the reasonable costs of preparation, care, and disposition of the decedent:
(1) The surviving spouse OR DOMESTIC LIFE PARTNER, AS DEFINED IN §
6-101 1-101 OF THE HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE, of the decedent;
(2) An adult child of the decedent;
(3) A parent of the decedent;
(4) An adult brother or sister of the decedent;
(5) A person acting as a representative of the decedent under a signed
authorization of the decedent;
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