§ 51.64

51.64 Reports of death required; penalty; assessment. (1) In this section:(a) 'Physical restraint' includes all of the following:1. A locked room.2. A device or garment that interferes with an individual’s freedom of movement and that the individual is unable to remove easily.3. Restraint by a treatment facility staff member of a person admitted or committed to the treatment facility, by use of physical force.(b) 'Psychotropic medication' means an antipsychotic, antidepressant, lithium carbonate or a tranquilizer.(2) (a) No later than 24 hours after the death of a person admitted or committed to a treatment facility, the treatment facility shall report the death to the department if one of the following applies:1. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was related to the use of physical restraint or a psychotropic medication.3. There is reasonable cause to believe that the death was a suicide.History: 1989 a. 336.