Minnesota Administrative Rules

9525.2740 PROCEDURES PERMITTED AND CONTROLLED.

Subpart 1.

Controlled procedures.

The procedures listed in items A to G are permitted when the procedures are implemented in compliance with parts 9525.2700 to 9525.2810. Permitted but controlled procedures, referred to as controlled procedures, are:

A.

exclusionary and room time out procedures;

B.

positive practice overcorrection;

C.

restitutional overcorrection;

D.

partially restricting a person's senses at a level of intrusiveness that does not exceed placing a hand in front of a person's eyes as a visual screen or playing music through earphones worn by the person at a level of sound that does not cause discomfort;

E.

manual restraint;

F.

mechanical restraint; and

G.

deprivation as defined in part 9525.2710, subpart 12.

Subp. 2.

Authorization for procedures not specified as exempted, restricted, prohibited, or controlled.

If an expanded interdisciplinary team prepares a plan proposing the use of an aversive or deprivation procedure that is not specifically exempted by part 9525.2720, or specifically prohibited or restricted by part 9525.2730, or specifically permitted and controlled by subpart 1, the case manager shall request authorization for the use of that procedure from the regional review committee. If a procedure is authorized by a regional review committee, use of the procedure is subject to the controls established in parts 9525.2700 to 9525.2810.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 245.825

History:

11 SR 2408; 18 SR 1141

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2013