§ 20-20-40-5 — "Physical restraint"

Indiana § 20-20-40-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 20: PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE
• Ch. 40: Restraint and Seclusion Commission

Text

(a) As used in this chapter, "physical
restraint" means physical contact between a school employee and a
student:
(1) in which the student unwillingly participates; and
(2) that involves the use of a manual hold to restrict freedom of
movement of all or part of a student's body or to restrict normal
access to the student's body.
(b) The term does not include:
(1) briefly holding a student without undue force in order to calm
or comfort the student, or to prevent unsafe behavior, such as
running into traffic or engaging in a physical altercation;
(2) physical escort; or
(3) physical contact intended to gently assist or prompt a student
in performing a task or to guide or assist a student from one (1)
area to another.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.122-2013, SEC.1.