Patient Rights of North Carolina

In accordance with the North Carolina health and safety code, the facility and medical staff have adopted the following list of patient rights:

1. Exercise these rights without being subjected to reprisal and without regard to sex, cultural, economic, educational, religious background, or the source of payment.
2. Treated with respect, consideration, and dignity.
3. Provided personal privacy, receive care in a safe setting, and be free from all forms of abuse and harassment.
4. Knowledge of the name of the physician who has primary responsibility for coordinating his/her care and the names and credentials and professional relationships of other physicians who will see him/her.
5. Receive information from his/her physician about his illness, his/her course of treatment and his prospects for recovery in terms that he/she can understand.
6. Receive as much information from his/her physician about any proposed treatment or procedure as he/she may need in order to give informed consent or to refuse this course of treatment. Except in emergencies this information shall include a description of the procedure or treatment, the medically significant risks involved in each, and to know the name of the person who will carry out the procedure or treatment. Patient will be informed of consequences of not following the proposed course of treatment.
7. Actively participate in decisions regarding his/her medical care to the extent permitted by law, this includes the right to refuse treatment or change his/her primary physician.
8. Full consideration for privacy concerning his/her medical care program. Case discussion , consultation, examination and treatment are confidential and should be conducted discreetly. The patient has the right to be advised as to the reason for the presence of any individual.
9. Confidential treatment of all communication and records pertaining to his/her care and his/her stay in the Triangle Surgery Center. His/her written permission shall be obtained before his/her medical record can be made available to anyone not directly concerned with his/her care, except when release is required by law.
10. Reasonable responses to any reasonable request he/she may make for service.
11. Availability of methods for expressing grievances or suggestions through direct communication or patient satisfaction surveys.
12. Leave the Triangle Surgery Center even against the advice of his/her physician.
13. Reasonable continuity of care and to know in advance the time and location of appointment as well as the physician providing the care.
14. Be advised if Triangle Surgery Center/personal physician proposes to engage in or perform human experimentation affecting his/her care of treatment; the patient has the right to refuse to participate in such research projects.
15. Be informed by his/her physician or a delegate of his physician of his continuing health care requirements following his discharge from the surgery center.
16. Receive an explanation of fees for service and payment policies.
17. Know which Triangle Surgery Center rules and policies apply to his/her conduct and responsibilities as a patient.
18. Have all patient rights apply to the person who may have legal responsibility to make decisions regarding medical care on behalf of the patient. If a patient has been judged incompetent by the state.
19. Be advised of the services available at Triangle Surgery Center include ambulatory surgical services, capability of 23 hour care, and minimal lab studies.
20. Knowledge of provisions for 23 hour care and extended post-anesthesia care arranged in advance for patients having surgical procedures.

Reviewed 2/2026