Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.4160 - Emergency restraint

Rule 160. The use of emergency restraint as a lifesaving response for a youth will be limited to:

(a) An emergency response to protect the youth or others from an unanticipated or severely aggressive behavior that places the youth or others at serious threat of violence or injury if no immediate intervention occurs.

(b) When all other interventions in the agency's crisis prevention and intervention plan and the youth's individual safety and calming plan have been utilized but fail to protect the youth or others from unanticipated or severely aggressive behavior that places the youth or others at serious threat of violence or injury if no immediate intervention occurs.

(c) The emergency restraint must not last longer than needed to end the threat of serious physical harm.

(d) Staff must continuously monitor the youth's breathing and other signs of physical distress and take appropriate action to ensure adequate respiration, circulation, and overall well-being.

(e) When an emergency health situation occurs or the youth exhibits sign of physical distress during the restraint, staff must immediately obtain treatment for the youth.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.4160

1983 AACS; 2015 AACS; 2022 MR 10, Eff. 5/31/2022