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2019 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title X - Public Health
Chapter 126-U - Limiting the Use of Child Restraint Practices in Schools and Treatment Facilities
Section 126-U:5 - Limitation of the Use of Restraint to Emergencies Only.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 126-U:5 (2019)
126-U:5 Limitation of the Use of Restraint to Emergencies Only. –
I. Restraint shall only be used in a school or facility to ensure the immediate physical safety of persons when there is a substantial and imminent risk of serious bodily harm to the child or others. The determination of whether the use of restraint is justified under this section may be made with consideration of all relevant circumstances, including whether continued acts of violence by a child to inflict damage to property will create a substantial risk of serious bodily harm to the child or others. Restraint shall be used only by trained personnel using extreme caution when all other interventions have failed or have been deemed inappropriate.
II. Restraint shall never be used explicitly or implicitly as punishment for the behavior of a child.
I. Restraint shall only be used in a school or facility to ensure the immediate physical safety of persons when there is a substantial and imminent risk of serious bodily harm to the child or others. The determination of whether the use of restraint is justified under this section may be made with consideration of all relevant circumstances, including whether continued acts of violence by a child to inflict damage to property will create a substantial risk of serious bodily harm to the child or others. Restraint shall be used only by trained personnel using extreme caution when all other interventions have failed or have been deemed inappropriate.
II. Restraint shall never be used explicitly or implicitly as punishment for the behavior of a child.
Source. 2010, 375:2. 2014, 324:5, eff. Sept. 30, 2014.
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