5.13.4.
5.13.5.
Proper working conditions, including access to hot
water, shall be secured for the staff that works in the
canteens of psychiatric organizations.
The dining halls of psychiatric organizations shall be
improved, ensuring furniture to match the number of
persons held in the wards, which will rule out the
practice of persons with mental health issues eating in
shifts or standingly.
5.14. Outdoor Exercise and the Possibility of Free Movement
5.14.1.
5.14.2.
5.14.3.
5.14.4.
Patients shall have access to daily outdoor exercise.
Such right may not be restricted on the sole ground that
the person has a mental health issue or at some point
in the past has committed an act prohibited by law.
Every restriction of the rights of persons held in
psychiatric organizations, including restrictions of the
right of access to outdoor exercise, shall be recorded in
the medical histories, and shall include the respective
justification for the restriction.
Patients shall not be subject to restrictions of daytime
stay in the patient rooms or access to the beds.
A psychiatric organization shall have ramps and be
accommodated for persons with disabilities, wheelchair
users, and patients with mobility issues.
5.15. Contacts with the Outside World
5.15.1.
For persons with mental health issues, full enjoyment of
the right of access to a telephone shall be safeguarded.
Whenever the right of access to a telephone is
restricted, it shall be properly reasoned and
documented in the respective document (such as the
medical history), ensuring that such restrictions of the
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