Patient treatment is guided by the following provisions:
- The Constitution of Finland, Chapter 2 Basic rights and liberties
- Mental Health Act and Decree
- Act and Decree on State Mental Hospitals
- Act on the Status and Rights of Patients
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Decree 8/1976 on the Ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Related Optional Protocol).
- Act on Health Care Professionals
- Patient Insurance Act
- Non-Discrimination Act
- Act on Equality between Women and Men
- Guardianship Services Act
- Penal Code