Sec. 576.024.  USE OF PHYSICAL RESTRAINT.  (a)  A physical restraint may not be applied to a patient unless a physician prescribes the restraint.
(b)  A physical restraint shall be removed as soon as possible.
(c)  Each use of a physical restraint and the reason for the use shall be made a part of the patient's clinical record.  The physician who prescribed the restraint shall sign the record.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.