An administrator shall ensure that a time-out:
1. Is provided to a resident who voluntarily
decides to go in a time-out;
2.
Takes place in an area that is unlocked, lighted, quiet, and private;
3. Is time-limited and does not exceed the
amount of time as determined by the resident;
4. Does not result in a resident missing a
meal if the resident is in time-out at mealtime;
5. Includes monitoring of the resident by a
personnel member at least once every 15 minutes to ensure the resident's health
and safety and to discuss with the resident if the resident is ready to leave
time-out; and
6. Is documented in
the resident's medical record, to include:
a.
The date of the time-out,
b. The
reason for the time-out,
c. The
duration of the time-out, and
d.
The action planned and taken by the administrator to prevent the use of
time-out in the future.
Notes
Ariz. Admin.
Code §
R9-10-714
Adopted effective
November 1, 1998, under an exemption from the provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act pursuant to Laws 1998, Ch. 178, §17; filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State October 2, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Section repealed; new
Section made by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013
(Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, effective
7/1/2014. Amended by final rulemaking at
25
A.A.R. 1583, effective
10/1/2019.
The following Section was adopted under an exemption from
the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act which means these rules were
not reviewed by the Governor's Regulatory Review Council; the Department did
not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for
publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; and the Department was not
required to hold public hearings on these rules (Supp.
98-4).
