Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Health
Title R432 - Health Care Facility Licensing
Rule R432-101 - Specialty Hospital - Psychiatric
Section R432-101-14 - Special Treatment Procedures

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 432-101-14

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) The license shall develop policy regarding the use of special treatment procedures to include the use of seclusion and restraint in accordance with Section R432-101-23.

(2) The licensee shall ensure special treatment policies and procedures address:

(a) the use of convulsive therapy including electroconvulsive therapy;

(b) the use of psychosurgery or other surgical procedures for the intervention or alteration of a mental, emotional or behavioral disorder;

(c) the use of behavior modification with painful stimuli;

(d) the use of unusual, investigational and experimental drugs;

(e) the use of drugs associated with abuse potential and those having substantial risk or undesirable side effects;

(f) an explanation as to whether the hospital will conduct research projects involving inconvenience or risk to the patient; and

(g) involuntary medication administration for emergent and ongoing treatment.

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