SECTION 415.270. Release of an Individual From Restraint or Seclusion

(a) Personal restraint. When a personal restraint has been initiated by a staff member, but the individual has not yet been evaluated by a physician, a physician's assistant, or a registered nurse, and the staff member determines that the individual's behavior has changed sufficiently to no longer require the personal restraint, the staff member must immediately release the individual from the restraint but shall remain with the individual until a physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse has evaluated the individual for release based on a determination that the individual no longer requires the restraint or seclusion.

(b) Mechanical restraint or seclusion. When a mechanical restraint or seclusion has been initiated, and the unsafe situation ends, a staff member shall contact a physician, a physician's assistant, or a registered nurse. The physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse must evaluate the individual for release based on a determination as to whether the unsafe situation has resolved. A staff member must immediately release an individual whose behavior has been evaluated by a physician, physician's assistant, or registered nurse and determined to no longer require the restraint or seclusion.

Source Note: The provisions of this §415.270 adopted to be effective July 22, 2014, 39 TexReg 5581