Patient Bill of Rights

Patients seeking dental health care at the Viswanathan Dental Hygiene Clinic have the right to:

• Health care that is accessible and that meets professional standards, regardless of the setting.
• Be treated with courtesy and respect.
• Information about their diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
• Informed participation in all decisions concerning their health care.
• Information about the qualifications, names and titles, of personnel responsible for providing their health care.
• Refuse observation by those not directly involved in their care.
• Privacy during interview, examination, and treatment.
• Privacy in communicating and visiting with persons of their choice.
• Refuse treatments, medications, or participation in research and experimentation, without punitive action being taken against them.
• Coordination and continuity of health care.
• Appropriate instruction or education from health care personnel so that they can achieve an optimal level of wellness and understanding of their basic health care needs.
• Confidentiality of all records.
• Access to all health records pertaining to them.
• Information on the charges for services, including the right to challenge them.
• Be fully informed as to all their rights in all health care settings.