Sec. 4. (a) The mental health ombudsman program operated under this chapter must do the following:
(1) Have at least one (1) full-time person to operate the program.
(2) Recruit and train volunteers to help carry out the duties of the program under this chapter.
(3) Mediate or advocate on behalf of mental health patients.
(4) At the request of a mental health patient, or upon receiving a complaint or other information affording reasonable grounds to believe that the rights of a mental health patient who is not capable of requesting assistance have been adversely affected, gather information about, analyze, and review on behalf of the mental health patient, the actions of an agency, a facility, or a program.
(5) At reasonable times in the course of conducting a review, enter and view premises within the control of an agency, a facility, or a program.
(b) The mental health ombudsman shall maintain records of all activities on behalf of consumers and report all findings to the division on a quarterly basis.
As added by P.L.40-1994, SEC.62.