R432-152-13. Human Rights Committee

(1) The facility shall designate and use a specially constituted committee or committees consisting of members of the facility staff, parents, legal guardians, clients as appropriate, qualified persons who have experience or training in contemporary practices to change inappropriate client behavior, and persons with no ownership or controlling interest in the facility to:

(a) review, approve, and monitor individual programs designed to manage inappropriate behavior and other programs that, in the opinion of the committee, involve risks to client protection and rights;

(b) insure that these programs are conducted only with the written informed consent of the client, parent, if the client is a minor, or legal guardian; and

(c) review, monitor and make suggestions to the facility about its practices and programs as they relate to drug usage, physical restraints, time-out rooms, application of painful or noxious stimuli, control of inappropriate behavior, protection of client rights and funds, and any other area that the committee believes need to be addressed.