California Code of Regulations
Title 9 - Rehabilitative and Developmental Services
Division 6 - Division of Juvenile Justice
Chapter 14 - Personnel
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 31606 - Training Requirements for the Use of Restraining Devices

Universal Citation: 9 CA Code of Regs 31606

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) An employee shall not use chemical or physical restraining devices without proper and adequate training. Training shall include:

(1) Limitations of use, potential dangers in use, who is authorized to use, the conditions of use, and other practical instructions.

(b) An employee who uses restraining devices without having completed the approved training shall be subject to disciplinary action.

(c) Supervisory staff who knowingly permit untrained personnel to use these devices shall be subject to disciplinary action.

1. Change without regulatory effect renumbering title 15, section 4037 to title 9, section 31606 filed 2-13-2020 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2020, No. 7).

Note: Authority cited: Section 1712, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1712 and 1752, Welfare and Institutions Code; and Sections 12403 and 12420, Penal Code.

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