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Tennessee Administrative Code
Title 0940 - Mental Health and Substance Abuse ServicesSubtitle 0940-03 - Mental Health Services
Chapter 0940-03-09 - Use Of Isolation, Mechanical Restraint, And Physical Holding Restraint In Mental Health Residential Treatment Facilities
Section 0940-03-09-.08 - LENGTH OF ORDER

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-03-09-.08

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Section 0940-03-09-.08 - LENGTH OF ORDER
(1) Each order for isolation or mechanical restraint is limited to a maximum of four (4) hours for adults eighteen (18) years of age and older, two (2) hours for youth ages nine (9) through seventeen (17), and one (1) hour for children under age nine (9). Each order for physical holding restraint for any age service recipient is limited to a maximum of thirty (30) minutes.

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0940-03-09-.08

Original rule filed March 3, 2008; effective May 17, 2008.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-4-103, 4-5-202 and 204, 33-1-302, 305, 309, and 33-3-120; 42 C.F.R. §483.358(e).