Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 416 - OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY › Division 490 - USE OF TIME-OUT, ROOM-LOCK OTHER, ISOLATION, SAFETY PROGRAMS, PHYSICAL INTERVENTION, AND RESTRAINT IN OYA FACILITIES › Section 416-490-0021 - General Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Staff
			 Intervention on a YIC's negative behavior is designed to alter the YIC's
			 environment to allow the YIC to regain self-control and develop skills to
			 change the YIC's behavior. The type of Intervention used must directly
			 correlate to the behavior change needed.
(2) Isolation may only be used when a YIC is
			 in danger of physically harming others, where a serious threat of violence is
			 present, or violence has occurred.
(3) Physical Intervention or restraint may
			 only be used when a YIC presents a danger to self or others, including to
			 prevent substantial physical plant damage or serious compromise to facility
			 operations, and to prevent an escape from a youth correction
			 facility.
(4) Isolation, restraint,
			 or Physical Intervention is viewed as an exceptional or extreme
			 practice.
(5) Once initiated, the
			 Intervention must be as limited in time as possible.
(6) All staff expected to have a role in
			 restraint and Physical Intervention must be trained and demonstrate
			 competency.
(7) Managers are held
			 accountable at all times for initiating, using, and terminating Isolation,
			 restraint, or Physical Intervention procedures. Accountability is a component
			 of performance improvement efforts and staff competency evaluations.
(8) Each YIC's Case Plan must identify
			 specific Interventions to be used to avoid Isolation, Safety Programs,
			 restraint, or Physical Interventions, and address the YIC's strengths and
			 cultural issues.
(9) Decisions to
			 initiate Isolation procedures, planned restraint or Physical Interventions must
			 include an assessment of the YIC's history of sexual and physical abuse,
			 violence, developmental disability, and medical or psychiatric issues pertinent
			 to the decision.
(10) Mental health
			 services staff must be notified when YICs with either mental health or
			 developmental disability issues are placed in Isolation or a Safety Program,
			 restrained, or involved in Physical Interventions.
(11) After an incident, YICs and staff must
			 be involved in a clinically-timed post-procedure debriefing to determine how
			 future incidents can be prevented.
(12) YIC dignity must be maintained to the
			 extent possible.
(13) Time-out,
			 Room-lock Other, Safety Program, Isolation, restraint, or Physical Intervention
			 must not be initiated or maintained as a substitute for treatment, as
			 punishment, or for staff convenience.
(14) Isolation, Physical Intervention, and
			 restraint are emergency safety Interventions, not therapeutic techniques, and
			 are implemented in a manner designed to protect the YIC's safety, dignity, and
			 emotional wellbeing.
(15) Staff
			 must reinforce the YIC's positive behaviors and strengths and remain sensitive
			 to cultural issues.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  420A.025
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  420A.105 & ORS
				  420A.108