| (a) Personal restraint. When a personal restraint has
been initiated by a staff member, but the individual has not yet been
evaluated by a physician, a physician's assistant, or a registered
nurse, and the staff member determines that the individual's behavior
has changed sufficiently to no longer require the personal restraint,
the staff member must immediately release the individual from the
restraint but shall remain with the individual until a physician,
physician's assistant, or registered nurse has evaluated the individual
for release based on a determination that the individual no longer
requires the restraint or seclusion.
(b) Mechanical restraint or seclusion. When a mechanical
restraint or seclusion has been initiated, and the unsafe situation
ends, a staff member shall contact a physician, a physician's assistant,
or a registered nurse. The physician, physician's assistant, or registered
nurse must evaluate the individual for release based on a determination
as to whether the unsafe situation has resolved. A staff member must
immediately release an individual whose behavior has been evaluated
by a physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse and determined
to no longer require the restraint or seclusion.
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