North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter B - LICENSING OF HOSPITALS
Section .1900 - SUPPLEMENTAL RULES FOR THE LICENSURE OF THE SKILLED: INTERMEDIATE: ADULT CARE HOME BEDS IN A HOSPITAL
Section 13B .1924 - RESTRAINTS
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Patients and residents shall be restrained only by physician orders.
(b) The nurse in charge shall be responsible for making the decision relative to necessity for, type and duration of restraint in emergency situations requiring restraints while contacting the physician. The nurse also shall be responsible for documenting same in the patient's or resident's record.
(c) The type of restraint used and the time of application and removal shall be recorded by a licensed nurse in the patient's or resident's record.
Authority
G.S.
131E-79;
Eff. February 1,
1986;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. July 22,
2017.
