§ 10-702. Individual’s access to correspondence
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MD Code, Health - General, § 10-702
§ 10-702. Individual’s access to correspondence
(a)(1) Subject to any reasonable limitation that a facility imposes, each individual in the facility shall have access, at all reasonable hours, to writing instruments, stationery, and postage and may use them to write to anyone.
(b) Each individual in a facility shall have reasonable access to a telephone. However, an individual may not telephone anyone who has given the facility written notice of being unwilling to be telephoned.
(c)(1) If, for medical reasons, an individual's access to correspondence, writing instruments, or telephones is limited, the limitation shall be:
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Added by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1982, c. 371, § 1, eff. July 1, 1982; Acts 1983, c. 405, § 2, eff. July 1, 1983.
Formerly Art. 59, § 50.
MD Code, Health - General, § 10-702, MD HEALTH GEN § 10-702
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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