Policies And Procedures

(1) Any mental health residential treatment facility that uses isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint must develop and employ policies and procedures that ensure compliance with this chapter. Policies and procedures must identify approved techniques for the safe and appropriate application and removal of isolation, mechanical restraint, and physical holding restraint; devices, materials, and/or equipment that are approved by the mental health residential treatment facility for use as mechanical restraints; licensed practitioners by profession who are responsible for authorizing the isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint; required elements in the order for isolation, mechanical restraint or physical holding restraint; and minimal physical and psychological elements that must be assessed. No policy or procedure may authorize the removal of clothing from a service recipient, other than that which is determined to place the service recipient or others at risk, in conjunction with the use of isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint. Policies or procedures may not allow staff to use isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint before receiving training under 0940-03-09-.18.