<html> <head> <title>Rule 46:17:04:14 Behavior support committee.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 46:17:04:14"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 46:17:04:14 Behavior support committee."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>46:17:04:14.&nbsp;&nbsp;Behavior support committee.</b> The ICF/IID shall have a behavior support committee whose members are appointed by the administrator of the ICF/IID. The behavior support committee shall review the technical adequacy of all behavior treatment plans and approve any plan deemed clinically appropriate.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The behavior support committee shall be composed of psychologists, behavior therapists, and managers with experience or training regarding behavior supports and qualified to evaluate proposals for the use of highly restrictive behavior procedures.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The committee shall function as a safeguard against inhumane treatment and violation of the person's rights and assure the plan is clinically appropriate.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 26 SDR 96, effective January 24, 2000; 27 SDR 63, effective December 31, 2000; 37 SDR 69, effective October 18, 2010; 40 SDR 122, effective January 8, 2014.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=27B-2-26">27B-2-26(4).</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=27B-8-50">27B-8-50</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=42">42</A> C.F.R. §&nbsp;483.440 (October 1, 2002).</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>