Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 5139-37-16 | Behavior management of children.

                                                
The following standards are mandatory:
(A) Written policy and procedure require
		  that behavior management program include all acts that are prohibited within
		  the facility, sanctions that can be imposed for various degrees of violation,
		  and system of reinforcing positive behavior. When a literacy or language
		  problem prevents a child from understanding the rules, a staff member or
		  translator will assist the child in understanding the rules. The written rules
		  are reviewed annually and updated, if necessary.
(B) Written policy and procedure require
		  that within a reasonable length of time, depending on child's demeanor and
		  behavior, the child has the cause for any disciplinary action explained to
		  him/her and has an opportunity to explain the behavior leading to disciplinary
		  action.
(C) Written policy and procedure allow
		  the facility to utilize "time out" for a brief removal of a child
		  from general population to a spearate area where egress is not
		  blocked.
(D) Written policy and procedure shall
		  require the employees prepare a disciplinary report when a child has committed
		  a violation of detention center facility rules.
(E) Written policy and procedure shall
		  outline the use of room confinement, medical isolation, and
		  self-confinement:
(1) Room confinement
			 shall not be used for punishment, administrative convenience, retaliation,
			 staffing shortages absent exigent circumstances, or reasons other than a
			 temporary response to behavior that threatens immediate harm to a child or
			 others.
(2) Room confinement does
			 not include normal sleeping hours or for brief periods of transitions, such as
			 shift changes. Medical isolation and self-confinement are not considered room
			 confinement.
(3) Written policy and procedure require
			 that children who are in room confinement including those in medical isolation
			 and self-confinement be observed at least every fifteen minutes and that
			 verification of contact shall be documented.
(4) Written policy and
			 procedure require children in the general population be supervised by direct
			 care staff and regulate the movement of children.
(5) Children are
			 observed, at a minimum, every thirty minutes during sleeping hours. The
			 verification of the contact shall be documented.
(6) Written policy and procedures require
			 that the detention center director or designee shall review room confinement at
			 a minimum of every four hours, and shall document the continued need for room
			 confinement.
(7) For children who are in self
			 confinement, staff shall attempt to engage the child in programming at least
			 every shift and attempt to determine the reason that the child is in self
			 confinement and if that reason can be resolved.
(8) For a child on medical isolation, the
			 child shall be placed on and removed from isolation by the health authority.
			 
(F) Written policy and procedure provide for review of all
		  disciplinary reports by the detention center director administrator or his/her
		  designee to assure conformity with policies and procedures.
(G) Written policy and procedure ensure that a child shall have a
		  right to a review of disciplinary actions by a supervisory or administrative
		  staff member who has not been a party to the disciplinary action.