Section 20-20-40-5 - "Physical restraint"(a) As used in this chapter, "physical restraint" means physical contact between a school employee and a student:(1) in which the student unwillingly participates; and(2) that involves the use of a manual hold to restrict freedom of movement of all or part of a student's body or to restrict normal access to the student's body.(b) The term does not include: (1) briefly holding a student without undue force in order to calm or comfort the student, or to prevent unsafe behavior, such as running into traffic or engaging in a physical altercation;(3) physical contact intended to gently assist or prompt a student in performing a task or to guide or assist a student from one (1) area to another.Added by P.L. 122-2013, SEC. 1, eff. 4/30/2013.