It is the intent of Southern Kentucky Vascular that every patient's civil and religious liberties, including the right to independent personal decisions and knowledge of available choices shall not be infringed. The staff and the employees shall encourage and assist in your ability to exercise these rights and responsibilities.

As the Patient, you have the Right to:

Personal privacy and confidentiality of information, within limits of the law.

Be treated with respect, consideration and dignity regardless of your race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, handicap or disability.

Exercise rights to be free from any act of discrimination or reprisal.

Receive care in a safe setting and be free from all forms of abuse or harassment.

Know the Identity of the physician primarily responsible for your care, be fully informed about treatment or procedures and expected outcome before it is performed.

Accept or refuse medical or surgical treatment and the right to initiate advanced directives. If you have an advanced directive, or wish to initiate one, please speak with a nurse. The ASC does not honor advanced directives, but in case of an emergency will provide a copy to the accepting hospital. You are responsible for providing information about and/or copies of any living will or advanced directive.

Considerate and respectful care, which includes consideration of psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural considerations that influence a patient's perception of illness and treat your pain as effectively as possible.

Receive information in a manner tailored to your level of understanding, including provision of interpretative assistance or assistive devices that will enable you to make decisions regarding treatment.

Accept medical care or refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and be informed of medical consequences for such refusal and have the choice to change providers if other qualified providers are available.

Be free from unnecessary use of physical or chemical restraint as a means of coercion, convenience, or retaliation.

Be informed of any experimentation or other research or educational project that affects your care or treatment.

To respond to your request for information contained in your medical records as per applicable laws and regulations.

Initiate a complaint or grievance regarding treatment or care that is (or fails to be) provided. If you feel your rights or care have been compromised, please contact the Administrator at 606-531-4100.

Have a surrogate (parent, legal guardian, person with medical power of attorney) exercise the Patient Rights when you are unable to do so, without coercion, discrimination or retaliation a patient is adjudged incompetent under applicable state. If a state court has not adjudged a patient incompetent, any legal representative designated by the patient in accordance with state law may exercise the patient's rights to the extent allowed by the state law.

Receive an itemized bill for all services within a reasonable period of time and be informed of the source of reimbursement and any limitations or constraints placed upon your care.

Please be informed that Dr. Donald Brown has financial interest in the surgery center.