North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 26 - MENTAL HEALTH, GENERAL
Subchapter D - NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION: STANDARDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL RETARDATION
Section .1200 - PROTECTIONS REGARDING CERTAIN PROCEDURES
Section 26D .1204 - PROTECTIVE DEVICES
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 26D .1204
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
Whenever protective devices are used for any client, the Chief of Psychiatry shall:
(1) ensure that the:
(a) necessity for the protective
device has been assessed and approved by a mental health
professional;
(b) device is applied
by a person who has been trained in the use of protective devices;
(c) client who is using protective devices
which limits his or her freedom of movement is observed every two hours;
and
(d) client is given the
opportunity for toileting and exercising as needed.
(2) document the use of protective devices in the client's medical record.
Authority
G.S.
148-19(d);
Eff.
January 4, 1994;
Readopted Eff. March 1,
2019.
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