FLTCA Alignment: 34-Protection from restraining and confining 

No resident may be restrained in any way for the convenience of the licensee or staff, as a disciplinary measure, by the use of a physical device (other than in accordance with section 35 or under the common law duty referred to in section 39), by the administration of a drug (other than under the common law duty referred to in section 39), by the use of barriers, locks or other devices or controls, leaving a room or any part of the home including the grounds of the home, or entering parts of the home generally accessible to other residents (other than under the common law duty referred to in section 39). The following is not restraining of the resident: use of a physical device from which a resident is both physically and cognitively able to release themself, use of personal assistance service devices (within the meaning of subsection 36) to assist with a routine activity of living, administration of a drug as a treatment set out in a resident’s plan of care, use of barriers, locks, or other devices or controls at stairways as a safety measure, or at entrances and exits to the home or grounds of the home (unless the resident is prevented from leaving).