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