Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 84365 - Emergency Intervention Staff Training
(a) No facility personnel must use emergency
intervention techniques on a child unless the training instructor has certified
in writing that the facility personnel have successfully completed the
emergency intervention training required in Section
84365(b).
(1) All new and existing facility personnel
who use or participate in emergency interventions, as well as the facility
administrator and the administrator's designee must complete the
training.
(b) The
emergency intervention training curriculum must address the following areas:
(1) Techniques of group and individual
behavior management, including, but not limited to, crisis prevention,
precipitating factors leading to assaultive behavior and crisis
intervention.
(2) Methods of
de-escalating volatile situations, including non-physical intervention
techniques such as crisis communication, evasive techniques, alternative
behavior.
(3) Alternative methods
of handling aggressive and assaultive behavior.
(4) If the licensee chooses to use manual
restraints, the physical techniques of applying manual restraints in a safe and
effective manner ranging from the least to most restrictive type(s) of
restraints including, but not limited to, escorting, wall restraint, and prone
containment.
(5) Techniques for
returning the child to the planned activity following completion of the
emergency intervention.
(6) The
training must include a written and hands-on competency test as part of the
training program.
(7) The
facility's policies and procedures concerning when and how to involve law
enforcement in response to an incident involving a child residing in the
facility.
(c) The
training must be provided by an individual who holds a valid instructor
certificate from a program of managing assaultive behavior, that is consistent
with the regulations.
(d) The
licensee must maintain a written record of the facility staff training.
(1) Documentation of training received must
be maintained in the personnel record for each staff member and must include:
(A) Dates, hours, and description of the
training completed.
(B) Name and
training certificate of the instructor who provided the training.
(C) Certification from the instructor that
the staff member has successfully completed the competency
test.
(2) The staff
training record must be made available for review by the Department upon
request.
(e) Facility
personnel must receive on-going training to maintain certification.
(f) When an inappropriate manual restraint
technique is used during an emergency intervention, the licensee must develop a
corrective action plan, and as part of the plan may require facility personnel
to repeat the appropriate emergency intervention training.
Notes
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2003, No. 4).
3. Change without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former section 84803 to section 84365 filed 1-24-2003 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2003, No. 4).
4. New subsection (b)(7) filed 8-28-2017; operative 10-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section 1530, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1501, 1531 and 1562, Health and Safety Code.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2003, No. 4).
3. Change without regulatory effect renumbering and amending former section 84803 to section 84365 filed 1-24-2003 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2003, No. 4).
4. New subsection (b)(7) filed filed 8-28-2017; operative
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