1. (1) The licensee shall designate and use a specially constituted committee consisting of:

   1. (a) members of the facility staff;
   2. (b) parents or legal guardians;
   3. (c) clients, as appropriate;
   4. (d) qualified individuals who have experience or training in contemporary practices to change inappropriate client behavior; and
   5. (e) individuals with no ownership or controlling interest in the facility.

2. (2) The committee outlined in Subsection R432-152-13(1) shall:

   1. (a) review, approve, and monitor individual programs designed to manage inappropriate behavior and any other programs that the committee considers to involve risks to client protection and rights;
   2. (b) ensure that these programs are conducted only with the written informed consent of the client, parent, if the client is a minor, or legal guardian; and

   3. (c) review, monitor and make recommendations to the licensee about its practices and programs as they relate to:

      1. (i) medication usage;
      2. (ii) physical restraints
      3. (iii) time-out rooms;
      4. (iv) application of painful or noxious stimuli;
      5. (v) control of inappropriate behavior;
      6. (vi) protection of client rights and funds; and
      7. (vii) any other area that the committee identifies as risks to client protection and rights.

KEY: health care facilities

Date of Last Change: December 19, 2023

Notice of Continuation: February 9, 2022

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-2-202