24 Miss. Code. R. 2-14.3 - Use of Restraints, Time-Out, and Seclusion
A. All
agency providers are prohibited from the use of mechanical restraints, chemical
restraints, and physical restraints. Chapter 12 covers employees who are
required to be trained and certified in a nationally recognized and
DMH-approved technique for managing aggressive or risk-to-self behaviors to
include verbal and physical de-escalation. DMH does not consider the proper
implementation of this training by employees currently certified accordingly as
being classified as use of physical restraint for the prevention or mitigation
of harm to self or others for the purpose of this rule.
B. Agency providers are prohibited from the
use of time-out and seclusion except for certified Crisis Residential Services,
as outlined in Chapter 19. Seclusion means a behavior control technique
involving locked isolation. Time-out, in this context, is a behavioral
management technique which involves temporarily removing a person under the age
of 18 from a reinforcing environment or activity after displaying unwanted
behaviors. Placement during time-out should be in a non-locked room. Seclusion
and time-out should be implemented only when approved and ordered by a licensed
practitioner, acting in accordance with the practitioner's scope of
practice.
Notes
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