2003 Minnesota Statutes

     121A.67 Aversive and deprivation procedures. 

    The commissioner must adopt rules governing the use of 
 aversive and deprivation procedures by school district employees 
 or persons under contract with a school district.  The rules 
 must: 

    (1) promote the use of positive approaches and must not 
 encourage or require the use of aversive or deprivation 
 procedures; 

    (2) require that planned application of aversive and 
 deprivation procedures be a part of an individual education 
 plan; 

    (3) require parents or guardians to be notified after the 
 use of aversive or deprivation procedures in an emergency; 

    (4) establish health and safety standards for the use of 
 time-out procedures that require a safe environment, continuous 
 monitoring of the child, ventilation, and adequate space; and 

    (5) contain a list of prohibited procedures. 

    HIST: 1988 c 554 s 2; 1990 c 495 s 2; 1998 c 397 art 9 s 
 19,26; 1998 c 398 art 5 s 55