Section 2380.156. Staff training

(a) If a restrictive procedure is used, at least one staff person shall be available when the restrictive procedure is used who has completed training within the past 12 months in the use of and ethics of using restrictive procedures including the use of alternate positive approaches.

(b) A staff person responsible for developing, implementing or managing a restrictive procedure plan shall be trained in the use of the specific techniques or procedures that are used.

(c) If manual restraint or exclusion is used, the staff person responsible for developing, implementing or managing a restrictive procedure plan shall have experienced the use of the specific techniques or procedures directly on themselves.

(d) Documentation of the training program provided, including the staff persons trained, dates of the training, description of the training and the training source, shall be kept.

The provisions of this § 2380.156 adopted January 15, 1993, effective January 16, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 343.