The Joint Commission (TJC) is seeking input from the field on a proposed rewrite of the restraint, seclusion, and physical holding standards in the behavioral health care and human services program.

According to TJC, currently, this set of standards “…differentiates physical holding of a child and youth from restraint and seclusion…”  This differentiating has caused confusion in the field. There has also been some confusion based on the lack of clarity in other requirements for restraint and …

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