New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter He-C 6400 - PROGRAM AND SERVICE INFORMATION
Part He-C 6446 - FOSTER FAMILY CARE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section He-C 6446.22 - Requirements Regarding Discipline of Children in Care
Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-C 6446.22
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Foster parents, adult household members, and other individuals who provide care in the foster home shall administer discipline only in a constructive way, which is individualized to meet the needs, development, and experiences of the child.
(b) The following practices shall be prohibited for children in care:
(1)
Child abuse as defined in
RSA
169-C:3, II;
(2) The use of seclusion and restraint,
except as allowed by RSA 126-U;
(3) Derogatory remarks or statements that
humiliate, ridicule, or intimidate;
(4) Deprivation of food, meals, mail, or
family contact;
(5) Threats of
alternate placements;
(6) Corporal
punishment, which means the infliction of bodily suffering or pain that is
intended to prevent or chastise a child's misconduct, including the use of
spanking;
(7) Mechanical and
non-prescription chemical restraint;
(8) Intentional misuse of prescribed
medications as chemical restraints;
(9) Involuntary seclusion or isolation such
that there is no ability to visually or audibly supervise the safety of the
child or the child has no means of evacuation, which might include the
modification of the environment to restrict egress or the use of criminal
restraints;
(10) Assignment of
physically strenuous or dangerous exercise or work as a punishment;
and
(11) Verbal or physical
punishment for bed-wetting or negative actions related to toilet
training.
#7321, eff 7-22-00; ss by #8663, eff 6-16-06
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