SB 1600
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: HHS DPA 4-1-2-0 | 3
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SB 1600: patient rights; health care services
Sponsor: Senator Carroll, LD 28
Committee on Appropriations
Overview
Declares a patient's rights in relation to receiving services from a healthcare professional.
History
Arizona Administrative Code outlines patient rights as it pertains to interactions with
healthcare professionals. A.A.C. R9-10-212 states that the Department of Health Services
Director must require, including but not limited to, that: 1) a patient is treated with dignity,
respect and consideration; 2) a patient is not subjected to abuse, neglect, exploitation,
coercion, manipulation or sexual abuse or harassment; 3) a patient or their representative
either consents to or refuses treatment, except in an emergency; and 4) a patient is informed
of alternatives and costs to treatments.
Provisions
1. States that a patient in Arizona has the right to receive healthcare services from a
healthcare professional who abides by the following principles:
a) to act only in the patient's best interest;
b) to do no harm; and
c) to ensure that each medical decision, except in an emergency, requires informed
consent. (Sec. 1)
2. Defines terms. (Sec. 1)
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