(1) The facility must maintain a written policies and procedures manual which contains the following elements:
(a) A policy and procedures which only allow the admittance of persons who are:
- 1. Able to perform basic self-help activities including eating and bathing,
- 2. Able to care for their own possessions and to maintain bedroom or living area in a reasonable state of orderliness and cleanliness.
- 3. Able to recognize danger or threat to personal safety,
- 4. Able to live comfortably within any limitations in the structure of the facility, and
- 5. Generally able to maintain appropriate behaviors tolerable to the community;
- (b) A policy and procedures which address the method for managing disruptive behavior; and
(c) A policy and procedures which state that Physical Holding must be implemented in such a way as to minimize any physical harm to the client and may only be used when the client poses an immediate threat under the following conditions:
- 1. The client poses an immediate danger to self or others; and/or
- 2. To prevent the client from causing substantial property damage.
Authority: T.C.A. § 33-2-504. Administrative History: Original rule filed May 26, 1988; effective July 11, 1988.