50 Pa. Stat. § 4422 : Statutes (Unconsolidated) — MENTAL HEALTH — MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ACT OF 1966 — GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FACILITIES; ADMISSIONS AND COMMITMENTS — Mechanical restraints prohibited; exceptions

Mechanical restraints shall not be used or applied to a mentally disabled person, except:

(1) When necessary to prevent such person from harming himself or others when being transported as provided in sections 405 or 421, or
(2) Whenever the director of a facility or his designee determine that such are required by the medical needs of such person admitted or committed, in which case the same may be used or applied only in accordance with regulations of the department.

50 P.S. § 4422

1966, Special Sess. No. 3, Oct. 20, P.L. 96, art. IV, § 422, effective 1/1/1967.
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