(a) Only commercially available devices specifically
designed for the safe and comfortable restraint of humans may be used
as mechanical restraints.
(b) Mechanical restraint devices must be inspected
after each use to ensure that they are in good repair and are free
from tears or protrusions that may cause injury. Damaged devices may
not be used to restrain a child.
(c) There must be a protected, private, and observable
environment or room that safeguards the child's personal dignity and
well-being.
(d) Caregivers must continuously observe the child
placed in mechanical restraint ensuring the child has adequate respiration,
circulation, and overall well-being. This observation can take place
through a window or a one-way mirror. The use of a video camera to
continuously observe a child in mechanical restraint is not permitted.
In addition to continual observation, a caregiver must check for circulation,
skin color, and respiration at least every 15 minutes.
(e) You must notify a child's parent that mechanical
restraint was used on the child within 72 hours after the restraint
is concluded.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2701 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective February 7, 2017, 42 TexReg 488; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909 |