Title 42
State Affairs and Government

Chapter 72.9
Children’s Right to Freedom from Restraint Act

§ 42-72.9-7. Training and policies.

(a) Each covered facility shall:

(1) Develop policies and procedures that establish monitoring, documentation, reporting, and internal review of the use of restraint and seclusion on children;

(2) Require training of all service providers in the use of restraint and seclusion on children. The training shall include, but not be limited to, verbal defusing and de-escalation; prevention strategies; types of physical restraint; the differences between life threatening physical restraint and other varying levels of physical restraint; monitoring to prevent harm to a child physically restrained or in seclusion; and recording and reporting procedures on the use of restraints and seclusion; and

(3) Make the policies and procedures required under subsection (a)(1) available to the director of the state agency that has jurisdiction or supervisory control over the covered facility.

(b) DCYF is responsible for ensuring compliance with initial and refresher restraint training and for funding the training in accordance with its contract or rate provisions with residential providers.