Mechanical restraint definition

Mechanical restraint means any device or object used to limit a student’s movement.
Mechanical restraint means the use of any device or material attached or adjacent to a student's body that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to any portion of the student's body and that the student cannot easily remove.
Mechanical restraint means any mechanical device, material, object, or equipment that is attached or adjacent to an individual's body that the individual cannot easily remove or easily negotiate around that restricts freedom of movement or access to the individual's body.

Examples of Mechanical restraint in a sentence

  • Mechanical restraint includes the use of chair restraints, lap belts, and Posey vests.

  • Mechanical restraint, medication restraint, and seclusion shall be prohibited in public education programs.


More Definitions of Mechanical restraint

Mechanical restraint means a device used to restrict the movement of a student or the movement or normal function of a portion of the body of a student.
Mechanical restraint means the use of a device or equipment to restrict the free movement of a student; however, mechanical restraint does not include a device that is used by trained school personnel or a student for a specific and approved therapeutic purpose or safety purpose for which the device was designed or prescribed or a vehicle safety restraint that is appropriately used in the manner for which it was designed during the transport of a student in a moving vehicle.
Mechanical restraint means any device or object used to limit a student’s movement. “Parent” means: (1) a natural parent; (2) an adoptive parent; (3) a person acting as a
Mechanical restraint means the use of any device or material attached or adjacent to a student’s body that restricts freedom of movement or normal access to any portion of the student’s body and that the student cannot easily remove.
Mechanical restraint means a device or physical object that the student cannot easily remove that restricts a student’s freedom of movement of or normal access to a portion of his or her body. This includes but is not limited to straps, duct tape, cords or garments. The term does not include assistive technology devices.
Mechanical restraint means restriction by the use of a mechanical device of a resident’s mobility or ability to use the hands, arms or legs.
Mechanical restraint means a physical device used to involuntarily restrict the movement of a student or the movement or normal function of the student’s body. “Mechanical restraint” does not include: