CAT/OP/KAZ/1/Add.1 298. Persons declared to be suffering from alcohol or drug or substance addiction can appeal such decisions to the higher administrative body responsible for health care and/or to the court. 299. Persons suffering from alcoholism or drug or substance abuse have the right to refuse medical and social rehabilitation at any stage. Persons who have refused medical and social rehabilitation, or their legal representatives, must be given an explanation of the possible consequences of such a refusal. Such persons, or their legal representatives, and a psychiatrist or addiction specialist must sign medical documentation certifying that medical and social rehabilitation has been refused and that the possible consequences of that refusal have been explained. 300. GE.18-05420 We consider it inappropriate to develop additional complaints procedures. 33