Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A. Maine Insurance Code § 6227. Rights of residents

(1) A recognition of the resident's rights, responsibilities, needs and preferences;

(2) Assurances that the resident is free to select or refuse services and to accept responsibility for the consequences;

(3) Freedom to develop and maintain social ties with opportunities for meaningful interaction and involvement with the community;

(4) Recognition of personal space and the furnishing and decorating of personal space as private;

(5) Recognition that ensuring a resident's well-being does not violate a resident's civil rights;

(6) Freedom of a resident to set the resident's own schedule, have visitors and leave the facility;

(7) Acknowledgment that a resident is entitled to a “bill of rights” including methods of resolving resident complaints and freedom from abuse, neglect and the use of chemical and physical restraints;

(8) Assurances that methods of preventing and responding to incidents involving injury, loss of property, abuse and neglect will be identified and implemented; and

(9) Recognition of a resident's transfer rights under section 6228.