Patient Bill of Rights
The primary purpose of SFSC’s Dental Hygiene Clinic is to train students to perform dental hygiene services in a professional, ethical, and legal manner. At the same time, the clinic strives to provide services that will help our patients achieve and maintain good oral health in a caring atmosphere.
All patients treated in the Dental Education Center have the right to:
- Considerate, respectful, and confidential treatment
- A thorough assessment of their dental hygiene needs
- Continuity and completion of treatment, in accordance with the center’s policies
- Access to complete and current information about their condition
- All of the treatment they need that the Dental Hygiene Clinic is able to provide
- X-rays or other relevant information sent to the patient’s private dentist in accordance with HIPAA regulations
- Informed consent for treatment
- Explanation of recommended treatment, treatment alternatives, expected outcomes of various treatments, and the risk of no treatment
- Refuse treatment
- Be informed in advance of the cost of the treatment being administered to them
- Treatment that meets the standards of care in the dental profession
- Education that will enable the patient to maintain good oral health
Communicable Disease Policy as it Relates to Clinic Patients
The Dental Hygiene Clinic places a high priority on the need to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. The clinic does not discriminate against persons using our services, who have or are suspected of having a communicable disease, nor shall persons utilizing SFSC’s clinic be denied services, so long as there is no threat to the health and safety of students, staff, or others involved. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis and follow any procedures outlined by college policy.
It is the intention of the Dental Hygiene Clinic to promote the health and safety of its faculty, staff, and students. Toward this end, the SFSC administration reserves the right to adopt regulations and procedures as needed.
