Title 37, Chapter 7, Section 160
( 37-7-160)
The patient's dignity as an individual shall be respected at all
times and upon all occasions, including any occasion wherein the
patient is taken into custody, detained, or transported. Alcoholics,
drug dependent individuals, or drug abusers or those suspected of
being alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or drug abusers shall,
to the maximum extent reasonably possible, be treated at all times
as medical patients. All patients shall be treated by a physician
or psychologist acting within the scope of his or her license.
Except where required under conditions of extreme urgency, those
procedures, facilities, vehicles, and restraining devices normally
utilized for criminals or those accused of crime shall not be used
in connection with the alcoholics, drug dependent individuals, or
drug abusers. |