(a) If permitted in your policies and you meet the
requirements of this subchapter, you may administer the following
types of emergency behavior intervention to a child in your care:
(1) Short personal restraint;
(2) Personal restraint;
(3) Emergency medication;
(4) Seclusion:
(A) Only for a child with an emotional disorder or
an Autism Spectrum Disorder; and only if you provide treatment services
to 25 or more children with emotional disorders or Autism Spectrum
Disorder, or if more than 30% of the children in your care receive
treatment services for emotional disorders or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Seclusion is not permitted for children receiving therapeutic camp
services; or
(B) Only if you provide emergency care services to
the child and only while waiting for the arrival of law enforcement
or emergency medical services; and
(5) Mechanical restraint, only if you are a Residential
Treatment Center.
(b) You may never administer chemical restraints.
(c) Protective and supportive devices, used appropriately,
are not considered emergency behavior interventions. For information
on protective and supportive devices, see Divisions 4 and 5 of Subchapter
J of this chapter (relating to Child Care).
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Source Note: The provisions of this §748.2451 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 |