{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46a-150","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-150","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of this section and sections 46a-151 to 46a-154, inclusive:\n(1) “Provider of care or supervision of a person at risk” and “provider” mean a person who provides direct care or supervision of a person at risk.\n(2) “Assistant provider of care or supervision of a person at risk” and “assistant” mean a person assigned to provide, or who may be called upon in an emergency to provide, assistance or security to a provider of care or supervision of a person at risk.\n(3) “Person at risk” means a person receiving care or supervision in an institution or facility operated by, licensed or authorized to operate by or operating pursuant to a contract with the Departments of Public Health, Developmental Services, Children and Families, or Mental Health and Addiction Services. The term does not include a person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or a resident or patient of a nursing home subject to federal regulations concerning restraint of residents or patients.\n(4) “Life-threatening physical restraint” means any physical restraint or hold of a person that restricts the flow of air into a person's lungs, whether by chest compression or any other means.\n(5) “Physical restraint” means any mechanical or personal restriction that immobilizes or reduces the free movement of a person's arms, legs or head. The term does not include: (A) Briefly holding a person in order to calm or comfort the person; (B) restraint involving the minimum contact necessary to safely escort a person from one area to another; (C) medical devices, including, but not limited to, supports prescribed by a health care provider to achieve proper body position or balance; (D) helmets or other protective gear used to protect a person from injuries due to a fall; or (E) helmets, mitts and similar devices used to prevent self injury when the device is part of a documented treatment plan and is the least restrictive means available to prevent such self-injury.\n(6) “Psychopharmacologic agent” means any medication that affects the central nervous system, influencing thinking, emotion or behavior.\n(7) “Seclusion” means the confinement of a person in a room, whether alone or with staff supervision, in a manner that prevents the person from leaving, except that in the case of seclusion at Long Lane School, the term does not include the placing of a single child or youth in a secure room for the purpose of sleeping.","path":["TITLE 46a. HUMAN RIGHTS","CHAPTER 814e. PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, MEDICATION AND SECLUSION OF PERSONS RECEIVING CARE, EDUCATION OR SUPERVISION IN A SCHOOL, INSTITUTION OR FACILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_814e.htm#sec_46a-150","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"b8808260a539200004a7297ffbe7c16965aea59ebff1327e1ab54db9fee49bbe","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46a-132-to-46a-149","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46a-151"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}