The following rights are quoted from the Maryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality regulations:

A participant of a center has the right to:

1. Be treated with consideration, respect, and full recognition of the participant’s human dignity and individuality;
2. Receive treatment, care, and services that are adequate, appropriate, and in compliance with relevant State, local, and federal laws and regulations;
3. Privacy;
4. Be free from mental, verbal, sexual, and physical abuse and neglect, involuntary seclusion, and exploitation;
5. Be free from physical and chemical restraints except as permitted in Regulation .23 of this chapter;
6. Confidentiality;
7. Make suggestions, complaints, or present grievances on behalf of the participants or others, to the center director, government agencies, or other individuals without threat or fear of retaliation;
8. Receive a prompt response, through an established complaint or grievance procedure, to any complaints, suggestions, or grievances the participant may have;
9. Have access to the procedures for making complaints to the:
   (a) Local department of social services; and
   (b) Office of Health Care Quality of the Department;
10. Participate in care planning and medical treatment; and
11. Refuse treatment after the possible consequences of refusing treatment is fully explained.