North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter G - WHITAKER SCHOOL
Section .0100 - GENERAL RULES
Section 28G .0110 - THERAPEUTIC HOLD

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 28G .0110

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) No physical restraint shall be employed beyond the use of the therapeutic hold.

(b) Therapeutic hold shall under no circumstances be used as a punishment.

(c) Therapeutic hold shall be employed only after less restrictive measures have failed to provide safety to the child and others.

(d) Therapeutic hold shall under no circumstances be used in lieu of developing an intervention program designed to change the behavior necessitating therapeutic hold.

(e) Records on the use of therapeutic hold shall be filed in the master record.

(f) Only staff persons trained in the use of the therapeutic hold may use this treatment technique. Only training provided by the program director shall be approved.

Authority G.S. 122C-60; 122C-62; 143B-147;
Eff. March 24, 1981;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. August 24, 2019.

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