Section 16: Right to quality and standard treatment.

(1) A person with a mental health condition is-
(a) entitled to the same standard of care as a person with physical health problems and shall be treated on an equitable basis including quality of in-patient food, bedding, sanitation, buildings, levels and qualifications of staff, medical and related services and access to essential medicines;
(b) entitled to receive treatment in the least restrictive environment and manner;
(c) not to be subjected to torture, cruelty, forced labour and any other inhuman treatment;
(d) entitled to receive aftercare programs, counselling and rehabilitation, where possible, in the community in other to facilitate their social inclusion;
(e) entitled to access psychotropic drugs, essential medicines, and any other biopsychosocial interventions at different levels of care as appropriate; and
(f) entitled to actively participate in the formulation of the multidisciplinary treatment plan.
(2) Where a person with a mental health condition is in a facility, he shall have the right to have access to and spend personal money for personal purchases, unless the mental capacity of the person does not allow that.