Section 4422 - Mechanical restraints prohibited; exceptionsMechanical restraints shall not be used or applied to a mentally disabled person, except:
(1) When necessary to prevent such person from harming himself or others when being transported as provided in sections 405 or 421, or(2) Whenever the director of a facility or his designee determine that such are required by the medical needs of such person admitted or committed, in which case the same may be used or applied only in accordance with regulations of the department.1966, Special Sess. No. 3, Oct. 20, P.L. 96, art. IV, § 422, effective 1/1/1967.