5101:2-9-22 Isolation.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 1, 2002.

Most current prior effective date: January 1, 1991.

(A)      A CRC, group home or residential parenting facility shall isolate residents only in accordance with CRC, group home or residential parenting facility the facility's written policy required pursuant to rule 5101:2-5-13 of the Administrative Code, which has received the prior approval of ODHS the Ohio department of job and family services . Only one child shall be placed in an isolation room at a time. Prior approval of ODHS shall be the isolation room by ODJFS is required and is contingent upon an inspection of the room.


(B)      A child or teenage mother shall not be isolated longer than thirty continuous minutes without written supervisory approval.


(C)      A child or teenage mother shall not be isolated for longer than one continuous hour and no longer than a total of two hours in any twenty-four hour period.


(D)      A CRC, group home or residential parenting facility shall ensure that the use of isolation is used exclusively for the behavior management of a child or teenage mother who is out of control.


(E)      Any room used for isolation shall be lighted, well-ventilated, and maintained at a comfortable temperature. The room shall be at least fifty-six square feet in size, and shall have a ceiling height of at least seven feet, six inches and shall be free of any objects or materials which might be used to inflict self-injury.


(F)      Any room used for isolation shall not be used for visitation, counseling or group activities or discussions, recreation or private discussions between residents or staff and residents. When a child is placed in isolation staff shall inform the child of the reason for placing him or her in isolation. Before continuing a child's isolation, staff shall discuss with the child the need for continued isolation. Upon release from isolation, staff shall again discuss with the child the reason for the use of isolation.


(G)      When isolation is used, the following procedures shall be followed:

(1)      Staff members shall ensure that a child or teenage mother who is placed in isolation is not in possession of any object or material which might be used to inflict self-injury and that only one child is placed in an isolation room at a time .


(2)      Staff shall be in auditory contact with an isolated child or teenage mother at all times, and shall make visual observation of an isolated child or teenage mother every five minutes during the period of isolation.


(3)      Visual observations as required by paragraph (G) of this rule shall be documented in an isolation log. This The isolation log shall contain, at a minimum, the name of the child or teenage mother , the time of placement in isolation, the reason for the placement in isolation and the discussion of the reason for isolation with the child pursuant to paragraph (F) of this rule , the chronology of observations including the signature or initials of the staff who placed the child in isolation , the written approval of the administrator approval or designee for continued isolation of for a child or teenage mother who remains in for any period of isolation longer than thirty minutes and the time of removal from isolation.

(H)      No child under the age of six shall be isolated for purposes of behavior management pursuant to the provisions of this rule .


(I)      Any restraint techniques used to restrain a child shall be those approved by the residential facility.

Effective: September 1, 2002

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 9/1/2007

Certification: Certified Electronically

Date: 6/28/2002

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 5103.03

Rule Amplifies: 5103.02, 5103.03

Prior Effective Dates: January 1, 1991.