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Title 17 - ECONOMIC SECURITY AND PUBLIC WELFAREChapter 202A - HOSPITALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 202A.241 - Use of least restrictive level of restraint - Guidelines for restrained person's need for privacy and ability to use telephone

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 202A.241

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Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 202A.241 - Use of least restrictive level of restraint - Guidelines for restrained person's need for privacy and ability to use telephone

All individuals transporting or holding persons under KRS Chapter 202A, 202B, or 645, shall use the least restrictive level of restraint consistent with the person's needs. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate administrative regulations subject to the provisions of KRS Chapter 13A which shall include guidelines addressing the person's need for privacy, particularly when being restrained, and the person's ability to communicate by phone at the earliest opportunity available.

KRS 202A.241

Effective:6/20/2005
Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 214, effective6/20/2005. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 179, effective 7/15/1998. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 498, sec. 21, effective 7/15/1994.