New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules Mhp §502.02

“Mental health bill of rights under the board of mental health practice regulations”

The Board of Mental Health Practice must provide each mental health practitioner with a client bill of rights, which must be posted prominently in the mental health practitioners’ offices. Every mental health practitioner must provide a client of a copy of the mental health bill of rights.

The mental health bill of rights provides clients with the following rights:

• To be treated in a professional, respectful, competent and ethical manner;
• To receive full information about one’s treatment;
• To have medical information kept confidential;
• To a safe setting and to know that the services provided are effective and of a quality consistent with the standard of care and to know that sexual relations between a mental health provider and a client are a violation of the law;
• To obtain information pertaining to the mental health provider’s assessment, assessment procedures and mental health diagnoses;
• To participate meaningfully in the planning, implementation and termination or referral of one’s treatment;
• To documented information consent;
• To obtain information regarding the provision for emergency coverage;
• To receive a copy of mental health records within 30 days upon written request; and
• To know that one’s mental health provider is licensed by the State of New Hampshire to provide mental health services/