Title: Recognize the implication of a client’s rights regarding medications, treatment decisions, and confidentiality.
Course: Medication Aide (14051-18) > Section: Examining Legal and Ethical Issues in Medication Management

Recognition should include

- a client's rights regarding medications and treatment decisions
  - to be informed of rights, responsibilities, policies, and rules
  - to participate in planning personal medical treatment
  - to refuse medical treatment
  - to privacy during medical treatment, including the administration of medications
  - to take only medications prescribed by a personal healthcare provider (HCP)
  - to refuse to participate in research or experimentation
  - to choose physicians and other HCPs
  - to move around freely (i.e., free from chemical restraint)

- a client's rights regarding confidentiality
  - to have only those staff members providing care to a client access to the client’s medical records
  - to approve or refuse to release personal records to an individual outside the facility, except as otherwise provided by law.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the process if a client purchases an over-the-counter medication?
- What other products or supplements require an HCP's approval?
- Why is it important to recognize the implications of clients’ rights regarding medications, treatments, and confidentiality?