(a) If necessary for security, an Arkansas State Hospital patient shall be physically restrained with a restraint while being transported to locations away from hospital grounds or to and from any court appearance.
(b) A patient shall not be physically restrained with a restraint if the restraint is medically contraindicated.
(c) The restraint shall be implemented in accordance with safe and appropriate restraint types and restraint techniques as determined by hospital policy.
(d) The restraint used shall be the least restrictive type or technique necessary to effectively protect the patient, staff members, or others from harm.
(e) The restraint shall not be used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience, or retaliation by staff.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 47 - Treatment of Persons With Mental Illness
Subchapter 2 - Commitment and Treatment
§ 20-47-204. Voluntary admissions
§ 20-47-205. Jurisdiction of circuit court
§ 20-47-207. Involuntary admission — Original petition
§ 20-47-208. Role of prosecuting attorney
§ 20-47-209. Initial hearing — Failure to appear — Exceptions from appearance requirement
§ 20-47-210. Immediate confinement — Initial evaluation and treatment
§ 20-47-211. Notification of rights
§ 20-47-212. Appointment of counsel
§ 20-47-213. Evaluation — When performed and by whom — Transportation to place of evaluation
§ 20-47-214. Forty-five-day involuntary admission — Hearing
§ 20-47-215. Additional periods of involuntary admission — Petitions — Hearing
§ 20-47-220. Fundamental rights
§ 20-47-221. Patient or client advocate
§ 20-47-222. Transfer and admission of residents who become ill in another state
§ 20-47-223. Admission not adjudication of incapacity
§ 20-47-224. Conversion from involuntary to voluntary status
§ 20-47-225. Liability for charges
§ 20-47-227. Exclusion from liability
§ 20-47-228. Assurance of compliance