RSA 126-U:11 Authorization and Monitoring of Extended Restraint.
Title: X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter: 126-U - LIMITING THE USE OF CHILD RESTRAINT PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS AND TREATMENT FACILITIES
In a school or facility:
I. Restraint shall not be imposed for longer than is necessary to protect the child or others from the substantial and imminent risk of serious bodily harm.
II. Children in restraint shall be the subject of continuous direct observation by personnel trained in the safe use of restraint.
III. No period of restraint of a child may exceed 15 minutes without the approval of the director or a supervisory employee designated by the director to provide such approval.
IV. No period of restraint of a child may exceed 30 minutes unless a face-to-face assessment of the mental, emotional, and physical well-being of the child is conducted by the facility or school director or by a supervisory employee designated by the director who is trained to c