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(B) security controls and management for potentially dangerous individuals, and for patients committed before October 1, 1982 under AS 12.45 and after September 30, 1982 under AS 12.47;

(C) preventive measures for suicide or self-harm;

(D) admission criteria for a psychiatric security unit; and

(E) controls for storage and handling of police officers’ weapons. (e) If a psychiatric hospital permits human subject research, it must

(1) have written policies which describe the purpose and conduct of all research using the hospital’s staff, patients, or services, and which require that

(A) written agreements entered into by subjects do not include exculpatory language through which the subject waives any legal rights or which releases the hospital or its staff from liability for negligence;

(B) when research findings are made public, the anonymity of individual patients is assured; and

(C) when bodily integrity is violated, including by the use of electroconvulsive shock therapy and chemotherapy, supervision be provided by a physician; and

(2) establish an interdisciplinary review committee comprised of both hospital staff members and other knowledgeable persons, for the purpose of reviewing research activities within the facility. (f) If a psychiatric hospital provides aftercare service, that service must include a written individualized treatment plan designed to establish continuing contact for the care of each patient and explain the risks, benefits, and side effects of medication programs to the patient. (g) A psychiatric hospital must provide for educational or training programs for all children of school age who are educable or trainable and who are expected to be patients for longer than one month. The programs must

(1) conform to educational requirements established by law and be under direction of teachers certified to teach in Alaska; and

(2) if provided by a public school system, include provisions for transportation of the patients to and from school and supervision of them during the transportation. (Eff. 11/19/83, Register 88) Statutory Authority: