Your Rights as a Participant Sample Clauses

Your Rights as a Participant. When you enroll in the LIFE Program, you have certain rights and protections. Your LIFE Provider must fully explain your rights to you or someone acting on your behalf in a way you can understand at the time you join. At the LIFE Program, we are dedicated to providing you with quality health care services so that you may remain as independent as possible. This includes providing all Medicare-covered items and services and Medicaid services, and other services determined to be necessary by the interdisciplinary team across all care settings, 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Our staff and contractors seek to affirm the dignity and worth of each participant by assuring the following rights: You have the right to be treated with dignity and respect at all times, to have all of your care kept private and confidential, and to get compassionate, considerate care. You have the right: • To get all of your health care in a safe, clean environment and in an accessible manner. • To be free from harm. This includes excessive medication, physical or mental abuse, neglect, physical punishment, being placed by yourself against your will, and any physical or chemical restraint that is used on you for discipline or convenience of staff and that you do not need to treat your medical symptoms. • To be encouraged and helped to use your rights in your LIFE Program. • To get help, if you need it, to use the Medicare and Medical Assistance complaint and appeal processes, and your civil and other legal rights. • To be encouraged and helped in talking to LIFE staff about changes in policy and services you think should be made. • To use a telephone while at the LIFE Center. • To not have to do work or services for your LIFE Program. Discrimination is against the law. Every company or agency that works with Medicare and Medical Assistance must obey the law. They cannot discriminate against you because of your: • Race • Ethnicity • National Origin • Religion • Age • Sex • Mental or physical disability • Sexual Orientation • Source of payment for your health care (For example, Medicare or Medical Assistance). If you think you have been discriminated against for any of these reasons, contact a staff member at your LIFE Provider to help you resolve your problem. If you have any questions, you can call the Office for Civil Rights at 0-000-000-0000. TTY users should call 0-000-000-0000. • To get accurate, easy-to-understand information and to have someone help you make informed health care de...
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Your Rights as a Participant. When you enroll in the LIFE program, you have certain rights and protections. Your LIFE Provider must fully explain your rights to you or someone acting on your behalf in a way you can understand at the time you join. You have the right to be treated with dignity and respect at all times, to have all of your care kept private and confidential, and to get compassionate, considerate care. You have the right: • To get all of your health care in a safe, clean environment and in an accessible manner. • To be free from harm. This includes excessive medication, physical or mental abuse, neglect, physical punishment, being placed by yourself against your will, and any physical or chemical restraint that is used on you for discipline or convenience of staff and that you do not need to treat your medical symptoms or to prevent injury. • To be encouraged to use your rights in your LIFE Program. • To get help, if you need it, to use the Medicare and Medical Assistance complaint and appeal processes, and your civil and other legal rights. • To be encouraged and helped in talking to LIFE staff about changes in policy and services you think should be made. • To use a telephone while at the LIFE Center. • To not have to do work or services for your LIFE Program. Discrimination is against the law. Every company or agency that works with Medicare and Medical Assistance must obey the law. They cannot discriminate against you because of your: • Race • Ethnicity • National Origin • Religion • Age • Sex • Mental or physical disability • Sexual Orientation • Source of payment for your health care (For example, Medicare or Medical Assistance). If you think you have been discriminated against for any of these reasons, contact a staff member at your LIFE Provider to help you resolve your problem. If you have any questions, you can call the Office for Civil Rights at 0-000-000-0000. TTY users should call 0-000-000-0000. • To get accurate, easy-to-understand information and to have someone help you make informed health care decisions. • To have someone help you if you have a language or communication barrier so you can understand all information given to you. • To have your LIFE Provider interpret the information into your preferred language in a culturally competent manner, if your first language is not English and you can’t speak English well enough to understand the information being given to you. • To get marketing materials and LIFE participant rights in English and in any other...
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Your Rights as a Participant. As a participant in LIFE you have the following rights: To have this Enrollment Agreement, all treatments and treatment options fully discussed and explained to you in a language you understand (which includes Braille if necessary). To be fully informed in writing in a language you understand, (which includes Braille if necessary) prior to and at the time of enrollment (as well as during participation) of the services available at the Center and in the program. To not be required to perform services for LIFE. To be fully informed of rights and responsibilities as a participant in LIFE and to exercise your rights as a participant. This may include voicing grievances and recommending changes in policies and services to Center staff and outside representatives of your choice. There will be no restraint, interference, coercion, discrimination or reprisal by the Center or its staff. To be fully informed of the appeal process, and be provided, by LIFE staff, any assistance needed to file an appeal, as outlined in LIFE’s appeal process. To be fully informed by the health team of your health and functional status. To participate in the development and implementation of your service plan designed to promote your functional ability to the optimal level and to encourage your independence. The health team must agree upon these services. To choose your health care provider from LIFE’s contracted network. To request a qualified specialist for women’s health. To access emergency services without prior approval. To request reassessment by the health team. To be given advance notice, in writing, of any transfer to another treatment setting. To receive information on advance directives and assistance in completing forms to carry out your wishes. To receive treatment and rehabilitation services. To be treated with dignity and respect, and be afforded privacy, confidentiality and humane care. To receive services in a culturally competent manner even if you have limited English language skills and a diverse cultural and ethnic background. To be free from harm, corporal punishment, unnecessary physical or chemical restraints, involuntary seclusion, physical or mental abuse or neglect. To be free from hazardous procedures. To have reasonable access to telephones. To be assured of confidential treatment of all information contained in your health record, including information contained in any automated data bank. We will require your written consent or authorization for the relea...
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Your Rights as a Participant. As a participant in Providence ElderPlace/PACE, you have rights which are listed below. If at any time you believe any of your rights have been violated, you may file a grievance (see Section 14).
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Your Rights as a Participant. As a participant in this benefit plan, you have certain specific rights and protections under ERISA including the right to:
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Your Rights as a Participant. Taking part in this study is voluntary. If you choose not to participate in this study, your care will not be affected. You may choose not to participate at any time during the study. Leaving the study will not affect your care. We will tell you, in a timely manner, about significant new information that may affect your willingness to stay in this study. You will be given a signed copy of this document. This consent form/authorization document does not have an expiration date. Someone other than the study doctor that you can call for information about the consent process, the rights of research subjects, or research-related injury is: This study has been reviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) or an Ethics Committee (EC). The IRB or EC is responsible for assuring that the patients’ safety, rights, and welfare are protected. If you have questions concerning your rights in connection with this study, you can contact the IRB or EC. You may reach the Committee office at the following address and telephone number.
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Related to Your Rights as a Participant

  • Termination of Service (a) If, prior to the Expiration Date, the Participant’s Service with the Company shall terminate (the date of termination being the “Date of Termination”) by reason of a Normal Termination (as defined in the Plan), the Options shall remain exercisable until the earlier of the Expiration Date or the day three (3) months after the Date of Termination to the extent the Options were vested and exercisable as of the Date of Termination. (b) If the Participant’s Service with the Company shall cease prior to the Expiration Date by reason of death or disability, or the Participant shall die or become disabled while entitled to exercise any of the Options pursuant to paragraph 3(a), the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative, or, in the case of death, the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant or the person or persons to whom the Options shall have been validly transferred by the executor or administrator pursuant to will or the laws of descent and distribution, shall have the right, until the earlier of the Expiration Date or one year after the date of death or disability, to exercise the Options to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise them on the date of death or disability. (c) If, prior to the Expiration Date, the Participant’s Service with the Company is terminated for “Cause” (as defined in the Plan), (i) unless otherwise provided by the Committee, the Options, to the extent not exercised as of the Date of Termination, shall lapse and be canceled, and (ii) all shares of Common Stock received pursuant to an exercise of the Options after such termination, in contravention of subsection (i) above, may be purchased by the Company at its discretion for the exercise price of such shares paid by the Participant. If the Participant’s Service relationship with the Company is suspended pending an investigation of whether the Participant shall be terminated for Cause, all the Participant’s rights with respect to the Options shall be suspended during the period of investigation. (d) If, prior to the Expiration Date, the Participant’s Service with the Company is terminated other than for Cause, a Normal Termination, death or disability, the Options, to the extent then vested and exercisable as of the Date of Termination, shall remain exercisable until the earlier of the Expiration Date or thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination. (e) After the expiration of any exercise period described in any of Sections 3(a) - (d) hereof, or otherwise upon the Expiration Date, the Options shall terminate together with all of the Participant’s rights hereunder, to the extent not previously exercised.

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