Utah Code Title 26B. Utah Health and Human Services Codes § 26B-2-123. Congregate care program regulation

(i) a strip search unless the congregate care program determines and documents that a strip search is necessary to protect an individual's health or safety;

(ii) a body cavity search unless the congregate care program determines and documents that a body cavity search is necessary to protect an individual's health or safety;

(iii) inducing pain to obtain compliance;

(iv) hyperextending joints;

(v) peer restraints;

(vi) discipline or punishment that is intended to frighten or humiliate;

(vii) requiring or forcing the child to take an uncomfortable position, including squatting or bending;

(viii) for the purpose of punishing or humiliating, requiring or forcing the child to repeat physical movements or physical exercises such as running laps or performing push-ups;

(ix) spanking, hitting, shaking, or otherwise engaging in aggressive physical contact;

(x) denying an essential program service;

(xi) depriving the child of a meal, water, rest, or opportunity for toileting;

(xii) denying shelter, clothing, or bedding;

(xiii) withholding personal interaction, emotional response, or stimulation;

(xiv) prohibiting the child from entering the residence;

(xv) abuse as defined in Section 80-1-102; and

(xvi) neglect as defined in Section 80-1-102.

(i) describe the circumstances under which a staff member may use a restraint, seclusion, or emergency safety intervention;

(ii) describe which staff members are authorized to use a restraint, seclusion, or emergency safety intervention;

(iii) describe procedures for monitoring a child that is restrained or in seclusion;

(iv) describe time limitations on the use of a restraint or seclusion;

(v) require immediate and continuous review of the decision to use a restraint, seclusion, or emergency safety intervention;

(vi) require documenting the use of a restraint, seclusion, or emergency safety intervention;

(vii) describe record keeping requirements for records related to the use of a restraint, seclusion, or emergency safety intervention;

(viii) to the extent practicable, require debriefing the following individuals if debriefing would not interfere with an ongoing investigation, violate any law or regulation, or conflict with a child's treatment plan:

(ix) include a procedure for complying with Subsection (5); and

(x) provide an administrative review process and required follow up actions after a child is restrained or put in seclusion; and

(i) properly trained to use the restraint; and

(ii) familiar with the child and if the child has a treatment plan, the child's treatment plan; and

(i) may use seclusion if:

(ii) may not use seclusion:

(i) how the congregate care program will respond in the event a child exhibits self-injurious, self-harm, or suicidal behavior;

(ii) warning signs of suicide;

(iii) emergency protocol and contacts;

(iv) training requirements for staff, including suicide prevention training;

(v) procedures for implementing additional supervision precautions and for removing any additional supervision precautions;

(vi) suicide risk assessment procedures;

(vii) documentation requirements for a child's suicide ideation and self-harm;

(viii) special observation precautions for a child exhibiting warning signs of suicide;

(ix) communication procedures to ensure all staff are aware of a child who exhibits warning signs of suicide;

(x) a process for tracking suicide behavioral patterns; and

(xi) a post-intervention plan with identified resources; and

(i) subject to Subsection (6)(b), shall facilitate weekly confidential voice-to-voice communication between a child and the child's parents, guardian, foster parents, and siblings, as applicable;

(ii) shall ensure that the communication described in Subsection (6)(a)(i) complies with the child's treatment plan, if any; and

(iii) may not use family contact as an incentive for proper behavior or withhold family contact as a punishment.

(i) deny the communication unless state law or a court order prohibits the communication; or

(ii) modify the frequency or form of the communication unless: