The facility shall have written policies and procedures that govern the use of timeout and the documentation of such procedures in the case record.
1. The use of time-out shall require clinical justification and shall not be employed for the convenience of staff.2. Time-out procedures shall meet the following requirements:3. A child/adolescent placed in time-out shall be under visual observation at intervals of fifteen minutes or less while in time-out;4. A locked door shall not be a component of time-out;5. Time-out shall be limited to a maximum of thirty minutes at one time for a child age ten years or under and shall be limited to a maximum of sixty minutes at one time for an adolescent age eleven years or older; and6. No child/adolescent shall be in time-out for more than four hours in any 24 hour period.15 Miss. Code. R. 16-1-51.30.4
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-11-13