This regulation establishes requirements for the use of 'time out' as a behavioral intervention in ICF/IID facilities, specifying that residents must never be physically prevented from leaving the time out area, that time out may be exclusionary or inclusionary, and that staff must monitor residents during time out.
View official source§ 483.368 Application of time out. (a) A resident in time out must never be physically prevented from leaving the time out area. (b) Time out may take place away from the area of activity or from other residents, such as in the resident's room (exclusionary), or in the area of activity or other residents (inclusionary). (c) Staff must monitor the resident while he or she is in time out.