LAC 28:XLIII.543. Restrictions on the Use of Seclusion or Physical Restraint

A. Seclusion and physical restraint shall not be used as a form of discipline or punishment, as a threat to control, bully, or obtain behavioral compliance, or for the convenience of school personnel. B. No school employee shall subject a student to unreasonable, unsafe, or unwarranted use of seclusion or physical restraint. C. No school employee shall seclude or physically restrain a student who is known to have any medical or psychological condition that precludes such action, as certified by a licensed pediatrician, neurologist, or mental health provider in a written statement provided to the school in which the student is enrolled. D. A school employee shall continuously monitor a student who is secluded or physically restrained for the duration of such seclusion or restraint. E. A school employee shall release a student from seclusion and physical restraint as soon as the reasons for justifying such action have subsided. F. Each principal or such designee shall notify each parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled at the school with an IEP of the prohibition of the use of seclusion and physical restraint if the student has a condition as provided in this Section. Such notification shall be made annually and be incorporated into the student’s IEP.