Order

(1) Only a licensed practitioner who has been trained in the use of isolation, mechanical restraint, and physical holding restraint may order the use of isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint. The order must be for the least restrictive intervention possible that is most likely to be effective. (2) All orders must specify isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint. If mechanical restraint is ordered, the order must specify the type of restraint device(s) to be used and the number of points of restraint; the licensed practitioner’s name and credentials; the date and time when the order was obtained; and the maximum length of time the intervention was ordered. (3) If the licensed practitioner who ordered the use of isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint is not the service recipient’s treating physician, the treating physician shall be consulted as soon as possible and the consultation must be documented in the service recipient’s record. If the service recipient does not have a designated physician for treatment of mental illness or serious emotional disturbance, the mental health residential treatment facility’s physician shall be consulted and the consultation must be documented in the service recipient’s record. (4) If the order for restraint or isolation is verbal, the order must be received by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse and signed by the ordering licensed practitioner within twenty-four (24) hours of the order. (5) A new order is required if there is a change in the intervention utilized, including increasing the number of points of restraint or the application of additional restraint devices. If the use of isolation, mechanical restraint, or physical holding restraint has been discontinued, it may be used again only with a new order, even if a previously ordered time limit has not expired.