(1) Emergencies are those situations for which no approved individual program plan exists and which if not dealt with may result in injury to the client or other persons or significant amounts of property destruction.

(2) If an emergency occurs the service provider may apply the following techniques as necessary to bring a person's behavior under control:

(a) Physical restraint;

(b) Exclusion time-out; or

(c) Seclusion time-out in a room that conforms to the minimum requirements established by the developmental disabilities program review committee (DDPRC) and, that has been approved by the regional manager prior to use.

(3) All instances of the use of emergency procedures must be reported, in writing, to the regional manager within 48 hours. Such reports shall include at a minimum the time and date of the incident, the persons involved, the type and duration of the incident, a description of the cause(s) leading to it, any witnesses to the incident, the procedures employed, and other significant details. If an emergency procedure is used three times in a 6 month period, a written individual program plan must be developed.