Texas Administrative Code
Title 26 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Part 1 - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 748 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR GENERAL RESIDENTIAL OPERATIONS
Subchapter N - EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
Division 4 - RESPONSIBILITIES DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION
Section 748.2551 - What responsibilities does a caregiver have when implementing a type of emergency behavior intervention?

Universal Citation: 26 TX Admin Code § 748.2551

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The use of emergency behavior intervention must be an appropriate response to the behavior demonstrated, and de-escalation must have failed.

(b) The caregiver must act to protect the child's safety and consider:

(1) The characteristics of the immediate physical environment;

(2) The permitted types of emergency behavior intervention; and

(3) The potential risk of harm in using emergency behavior intervention versus the risk of not using emergency behavior intervention.

(1) Initiate an emergency behavior intervention in a way that minimizes the risk of physical discomfort, harm, or pain to the child; and

(2) Use the minimal amount of reasonable and necessary physical force to implement the intervention.

(d) The caregiver must make every effort to protect the child's:

(1) Privacy, including shielding the child from onlookers; and

(2) Personal dignity and well-being, including ensuring that the child's body is appropriately covered.

(e) As soon as possible after starting any type of emergency behavior intervention, the caregiver must:

(1) Explain to the child the behaviors the child must exhibit to be released or have the intervention reduced, if applicable; and

(2) Permit the child to suggest actions the caregivers can take to help the child de-escalate.

(f) If the child does not appear to understand what the child must do to be released from the emergency behavior intervention, the caregiver must attempt to re-explain it every 15 minutes until the child understands or is released from the intervention.

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