[DRAFT] Repeal "Patient's Rights Act"

[Mousebumples]

A replacement is coming - eventually. And, yes, I'm planning to write this replacement myself as well ...

This is a rough draft, but it's a start, at least, at listing what's all wrong with PRA. If I've missed something, feel free to chime in. I mostly stayed out of the "Patient may or may not equal Legal Guardian" bit because that's just so unclear as to what it means ...

THE WORLD ASSEMBLY:

BELIEVES that all individuals in WA member nations should be accorded specific rights and protections with regards to their health care

UNDERSTANDS that GAR#29, Patient's Rights Act, has a number of glaring loopholes that allow – at worst - for WA member nations to exploit their citizens and – at best – clouds the understanding of what rights patients have under current international law.

DECLARES that repealing GAR#29 shall not in any way prohibit member nations from enforcing their own protections for patient's rights within their own borders.

REALIZES that the following shortcomings of GAR#29 necessitate its repeal:

• Uncoerced, informed consent is not expressly allowed under this resolution. Per Clause IV, patients are permitted to refuse treatment, which implies that consent is required, but it is not explicit.
  
• Clause II does not expressly allow for patients to receive purely cosmetic procedures, which may not be classified as "necessary and beneficial," which may prevent individuals from receiving procedures that they wish to receive.
  
• Clause III does not ensure that the information patients are provided with regarding their care is given to them before decisions are made.
  
• Clause V gives patients the right to "full and accurate information about the persons and institutions directly and personally involved in their care," which is not limited in any way per this resolution. As such, they could request - and be granted - large amounts of private, personal information regarding their doctors, nurses, and other staff.

REQUESTS that the World Assembly consider further legislation on this subject in order to ensure protections for patient's rights throughout the multiverse.

REPEALS GAR#29, Patient's Rights Act.

And just a reminder to everyone that I do have the replacements (for the current repeal set) already posted here - they're just hidden by the date cut-off. But I'll try to post up updated drafts later tonight ...

Any questions or concerns are, of course, welcome. Thanks!

 

[Eluvatar]

The replacements come before this repeal, right?

 

[Mousebumples]

The replacements come before this repeal, right?

Definitely two of them; probably all of them.

(I've been toying with trying to repeal first so I can put the original language in that I wanted, but that leaves open the risk for something worse being submitted - and scripted to quorum. My replacements cover the essentials and would make drafting a legal but still bad replacement much more difficult.)

So, yeah, probably. And this draft needs a lot of work, too ...