Section 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.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 84365
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 84803 to section 84365 filed 1-17-2002 as an emergency; operative 2-1-2002 (Register 2002, No. 3). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-3-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
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.
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 84803 to section 84365 filed 1-17-2002 as an emergency; operative 2-1-2002 (Register 2002, No. 3). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-3-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
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 10/1/2017 (Register 2017, No. 35).