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Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICESArticle 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 465 IAC 2-12 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions Defined as Group Homes
Section 465 IAC 2-12-17 - "Mechanical restraints" defined

465 Ind. Admin. Code 2-12-17

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Section 465 IAC 2-12-17 - "Mechanical restraints" defined

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.4

Sec. 17.

As used in this rule, "mechanical restraints" means any objects that restrict a child's mobility or ability to use his/her hands, arms, or legs. Medical and therapeutic equipment for the prevention and treatment of physical injury that are used and applied by order of a licensed physician are not mechanical restraints.

465 IAC 2-12-17

Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-12-17; filed Jun 27, 1991, 12:00 p.m.: 14 IR 2027; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed November 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA
Readopted filed 10/10/2019, 10:42 a.m.: 20191106-IR-465190320RFA

Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-14-17) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-12-17) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.