Purpose Of Isolation Or Restraint

(1) Isolation or restraint may be used only in emergency situations when necessary to assure the physical safety of the service recipient or a person nearby or to prevent significant destruction of property, if the process of destroying the property puts the service recipient or persons nearby in danger. Isolation or restraint may be used only when other less intrusive or restrictive methods have been ineffective or determined to be inappropriate. Isolation or restraint must be terminated when the behavior justifying its use no longer exists. (2) Isolation or restraint must not be imposed in any form as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience or retaliation by staff.