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Community Grievance Decision Digest

POSSESSIONS, LOST OR DAMAGED

The decision summaries regarding this law may be found in the document:
Community Grievance Decision Digest: Decisions. (PDF, 512KB)

THE LAW:

Each patient shall..."Be permitted to use Е his own Е personal articlesЕФ

ss. 51.61(1)(q), Wis. Stats. [Emphasis added.]

DECISIONS:

A discharged patient asked the hospital to return his personal journal. It should be returned to him since it is his property, whether or not the hospital considered it part of his treatment record. (Level III decision in Case No. 01-SGE-06 on 10/18/01)

Last Updated: June 18, 2009