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emergency, or incident in the resident’s file and in any general daily log kept by the home, and provide a copy of the report to the department as required under 7 AAC 75.340. (b) An assisted living home shall maintain readily-available first aid supplies appropriate to its size, and post or make readily available the first aid procedures. (Eff. 7/1/95, Register 134; am 4/6/2002, Register 162; am 6/24/2004, Register 170) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation for 7 AAC 75.290 by substituting references to AS 47.32.010 and 47.32.030 for the references to former AS 47.33.410 and 47.33.920 (repealed 2005). 7 AAC 75.295. Use of intervention and physical restraint. (a) An assisted living home must have a written procedure regarding the use of physical restraint. That procedure must be approved by the department under AS 47.33.330. (b) As provided in AS 47.33.330(a)(4), an assisted living home may use physical restraint if a resident’s actions present an imminent danger to the resident or others, but only after other interventions, including the use of a time out, have failed. A time out or physical restraint may not be used as a punishment, as a substitute for a less restrictive form of intervention, or as a convenience for the home’s staff. A time out or physical restraint must be terminated as soon as the resident no longer presents an imminent danger to that resident or others. (c) At the time of a resident’s admission to the home, the home shall

(1) explain its approved physical restraint procedures to the resident or resident’s representative;

(2) perform an assessment, at the time of admission, regarding the potential need for the use of time outs or physical restraint asking for information

(A) about the resident’s prior behavior that might indicate a need for the use of time outs or physical restraint; and

(B) that might help minimize use of time outs or physical restraint;