2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 202A - HOSPITALIZATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL
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 (2014) What's This?

Download as PDF 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. Effective:June 20, 2005 History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 214, effective June 20, 2005. -Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 179, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 498, sec. 21, effective July 15, 1994.

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