Regulation .05 Physical Contact.
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The certified residential child care program administrator or certified residential child and youth care practitioner engaging in physical contact with a client as an accepted component of a professionally recognized, nontraditional treatment modality shall have documented in the client's record by a licensed or certified health care professional:
A.
An assessment of the client;
B.
A written rationale for the use of the treatment modality for the client; and
C.
A copy of the informed consent, signed and dated by the client and the licensed or certified health care professional, which addresses:
(1)
The risks and benefits of the treatment modality;
(2)
The objective or objectives and intended outcome or outcomes of the proposed treatment;
(3)
Available alternative interventions; and
(4)
A description of the physical contact which may be reasonably anticipated by the client in the course of the proposed treatment.