Rhode Island General Laws Title 40.1. Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals § 40.1-5.3-13. General rights

(1) To be visited privately by a personal physician, attorney, clergyperson, or the mental health advocate, and by other persons at all reasonable times;

(2) To be provided with stationery, writing materials, and postage in reasonable amounts and to have free unrestricted, unopened, and uncensored use of the mail;

(3) To wear one's own clothes, keep and use personal possessions, have access to individual storage space for private use, and reasonable access to the telephone to make and receive confidential calls;

(4) To seek independent examinations and opinions from a psychiatrist or mental health professional of his or her choice;

(5) To receive and read literature;

(6) To have access to the mental health advocate upon request;

(7) Not to participate in experimentation in the absence of the person's informed, written consent, or if incompetent, upon an order of substituted judgment;

(8) To freedom from restraint or seclusion, except during an emergency;

(9) To exercise the rights described in this section without reprisal, including reprisal in the form of denial of any appropriate and available treatment or any right or privilege;

(10) To have an opportunity for exercise at least one hour each day.