Section 56521.2 Of Chapter 5.5. Behavioral Interventions From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 5.5.
56521.2
. (a) A local educational agency or nonpublic, nonsectarian
school or agency serving individuals with exceptional needs pursuant
to Sections 56365 and 56366, shall not authorize, order, consent to,
or pay for the following interventions, or any other interventions
similar to or like the following:
(1) Any intervention that is designed to, or likely to, cause
physical pain, including, but not limited to, electric shock.
(2) An intervention that involves the release of noxious, toxic,
or otherwise unpleasant sprays, mists, or substances in proximity to
the face of the individual.
(3) An intervention that denies adequate sleep, food, water,
shelter, bedding, physical comfort, or access to bathroom facilities.
(4) An intervention that is designed to subject, used to subject,
or likely to subject, the individual to verbal abuse, ridicule, or
humiliation, or that can be expected to cause excessive emotional
trauma.
(5) Restrictive interventions that employ a device, material, or
objects that simultaneously immobilize all four extremities,
including the procedure known as prone containment, except that prone
containment or similar techniques may be used by trained personnel
as a limited emergency intervention.
(6) Locked seclusion, unless it is in a facility otherwise
licensed or permitted by state law to use a locked room.
(7) An intervention that precludes adequate supervision of the
individual.
(8) An intervention that deprives the individual of one or more of
his or her senses.
(b) In the case of a child whose behavior impedes the child's
learning or that of others, the individualized education program team
shall consider the use of positive behavioral interventions and
supports, and other strategies, to address that behavior, consistent
with Section 1414(d)(3)(B)(i) and (d)(4) of Title 20 of the United
States Code and associated federal regulations.