Drug used as a restraint, Sub-Acute Agency: (A.A.C. R9-20-101)  A pharmacological restraint as used in A.R.S. § 36-513 that is not standard treatment for a behavioral health recipient's medical condition or behavioral health issue and is administered:

  • To manage a behavioral health recipient's behavior in a way that reduces the safety risk to the behavioral health recipient or others, and;
  • To temporarily restrict the behavioral health recipient's freedom of movement.