What restraint standards apply to an organization that is surveyed under the Behavioral Health Care (BHC) accreditation manual?
A. Programs surveyed under the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Behavioral Health Care will continue to use the current restraint/seclusion standards in the BHC manual. The standards have not changed.The restraint and seclusion standards are PC 12.10 through PC 12.190. Q. There seems to be some confusion regarding where the Acute Medical and Surgical (Nonpsychiatric) Care restraint standards, and the Behavioral Health Care Restraint and Seclusion Standards apply in a hospital. What determines which set of standards would apply? A. The decision to use restraints for medical/surgical reasons or for behavioral health care reasons is not based on the treatment setting but on the situation the restraint is being used to address. The Behavioral Health Care Restraint and Seclusion Standards apply to all behavioral health settings in which restraint and seclusion is used for behavioral reasons, such as free-standing psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric units in general hospitals, and resid
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