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50-5-1106: Resident's rights devolve to authorized representative.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 50. HEALTH AND SAFETY
- CHAPTER 5. HOSPITALS AND RELATED FACILITIES
- Part 11. Long-Term Health Care Facilities
The rights and responsibilities listed in 50-5-1104 and 50-5-1105 devolve to the resident's authorized representative when the resident:
(1) exhibits a communication barrier;
(2) has been found by the resident's physician to be medically incapable of understanding these rights; or
(3) has been adjudicated incompetent by a district court.
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