{"id":6048,"date":"2020-08-04T13:12:23","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/acadsupp\/?page_id=6048"},"modified":"2026-08-26T15:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:51:32","slug":"patient-client-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/patient-client-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient\/Client Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Patient\/Client Rights<\/h2>\n

Clients as consumers receiving audiology or speech-language pathology services have:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The RIGHT to be treated with dignity and respect;<\/li>\n
  2. The RIGHT that services be provided without regard to race or ethnicity, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability;<\/li>\n
  3. The RIGHT to know the name and professional qualifications of the person or persons providing services;<\/li>\n
  4. The RIGHT to personal privacy and confidentiality of information to the extent permitted by law;<\/li>\n
  5. The RIGHT to know; in advance, the fees for services, regardless of the method of payment;<\/li>\n
  6. The RIGHT to receive a clear explanation of evaluation results, to be informed of potential or lack of potential improvement, and to express their choices of goals and methods of service delivery;<\/li>\n
  7. The RIGHT to accept or reject services to the extent permitted by law;<\/li>\n
  8. The RIGHT that services be provided in a timely and competent manner, which includes referral to other appropriate professional when necessary;<\/li>\n
  9. The RIGHT to present concerns about services and to be informed of procedures for seeking their resolution;<\/li>\n
  10. The RIGHT to accept or reject participation in teaching, research, or promotional activities;<\/li>\n
  11. The RIGHT, to the extent permitted by law, to review information contained in their records, to receive explanation of record entries upon request, and to request correction of inaccurate records;<\/li>\n
  12. The RIGHT to adequate notice of and reasons for discontinuation of services; an explanation of these reasons, in person, upon request; and referral to other providers if so requested.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These rights belong to the persons needing services.\u00a0 For sound legal or medical reasons, a family member, guardian, or legal representative may exercise these rights on the person’s behalf.<\/p>\n

    Reference: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.\u00a0 (1994).\u00a0\u00a0Model Bill of Rights for People Receiving Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology Services<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    Patient\/Client Rights Clients as consumers receiving audiology or speech-language pathology services have: The RIGHT to be treated with dignity and respect; The RIGHT that services be provided without regard to race or ethnicity, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability; The RIGHT to know the name and professional qualifications of the person or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[224],"class_list":["post-6048","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/lcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=6048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}