Prohibited restrictive practices

In force

(1)

For the purposes of section 23D(1) of the Act, use of the following kinds of restrictive practices is prohibited:

(a)

prone restraint;

(b)

supine restraint;

(c)

any form of restraint intended to restrict or affect a person's respiratory or digestive function;

(d)

forcing the head of a person forward onto the person's chest (other than that occurring incidentally in the course of using level 1 or

2 restrictive practices);

(e)

any form of restrictive practice that involves or includes the deliberate infliction of pain or discomfort (including the hyperextension of joints, or the application of pressure to the chest, of a person) to secure compliance;

(f)

any other kind of restrictive practice declared by the restrictive practices guidelines to be a prohibited restrictive practice.

(2)

In this regulation—

prone restraint means the restraint of a person by forcing the person into a face down position;

supine restraint means the restraint of a person by forcing the person into a face up position.

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8 Prohibited restrictive practices