TITLE 66

STATE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 13

IDAHO SECURITY MEDICAL PROGRAM

66-1313.  Mechanical restraints. Mechanical restraints shall not be applied to a patient unless it is determined that such is necessary for either his safety or the safety of other persons at the facility. Every use of a mechanical restraint and the reasons therefor shall be made a part of the clinical record of the patient under the signature of the administrator of the program, except that mechanical restraints may be used without such recording during transportation of residents from or to any facility.

History:

[66-1313, added 1976, ch. 360, sec. 2, p. 1182; am. 2007, ch. 336, sec. 11, p. 987.]