R432-152-13. Human Rights Committee

(1) The licensee shall designate and use a specially constituted committee consisting of: (a) members of the facility staff; (b) parents or legal guardians; (c) clients, as appropriate; (d) qualified individuals who have experience or training in contemporary practices to change inappropriate client behavior; and (e) individuals with no ownership or controlling interest in the facility. (2) The committee outlined in Subsection R432-152-13(1) shall: (a) review, approve, and monitor individual programs designed to manage inappropriate behavior and any other programs that the committee considers to involve risks to client protection and rights; (b) ensure that these programs are conducted only with the written informed consent of the client, parent, if the client is a minor, or legal guardian; and (c) review, monitor and make recommendations to the licensee about its practices and programs as they relate to: (i) medication usage; (ii) physical restraints (iii) time-out rooms; (iv) application of painful or noxious stimuli; (v) control of inappropriate behavior; (vi) protection of client rights and funds; and (vii) any other area that the committee identifies as risks to client protection and rights.