Protective Devices. 185. Protective devices which are used for medical reasons to ensure a patient's safety and comfort, to provide patient's stability during medical procedures, facilitate medical (non-psychiatric) treatment or safeguard health in the treatment of a health-related problem are exempt from the operation of the foregoing procedures governing the use of restraints. The following procedures for use of protective devices may never be used, however, as a substitute for those governing restraint or seclusion.
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Protective Devices. 185. Protective devices which are used for medical reasons to ensure a patient's safety and comfort, to provide patient's stability during medical procedures, facilitate medical (non-psychiatricnon‑psychiatric) treatment or safeguard health in the treatment of a health-related health‑related problem are exempt from the operation of the foregoing procedures governing the use of restraints. The following procedures for use of protective devices may never be used, however, as a substitute for those governing restraint or seclusion.
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