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title: Client Restrictions
description: "Client restrictions make tracking of important common items like allergies, medical issues, and area restrictions simple. ## **To add a client restriction** Select the client you wish to add a restriction to. Expand Case Manager and select General Profile ![Case…"
url: "https://docs.youthcenter.net/docs/client-restrictions/"
updated: "2026-10-13"
category: Case Manager / General Profile
tags:
  - General Profile
---

# Client Restrictions

Client restrictions make tracking of important common items like allergies, medical issues, and area restrictions simple.

## **To add a client restriction**

Select the client you wish to add a restriction to.

Expand Case Manager and select General Profile

![Case Manager navigation menu for a sample client's General Profile showing Summary, General Profile, Contacts, and Notes options, with a red arrow graphic pointing to General Profile](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/administration-menu-general-profile.jpg)

Scroll to the Demographics section and select the pencil and paper edit icon on the right

![Client Images and Demographics sections of a client's General Profile, with a red arrow graphic pointing to the edit button in the Demographics section header](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-11-1024x738.png)

Then scroll down to the client restrictions type-ahead box. You can either type the restriction you are looking for, or scroll through the box. Additional detail about the restrictions can be placed in the restriction notes area directly below the restriction box. Finally, press save.

![Demographics edit form with a red box graphic around the Client Restrictions and Restriction Notes fields and a red arrow graphic pointing to them](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/general-profile-demographics-client-restrictions-1024x878.jpg)

Selected restrictions will show below tags anywhere the profile is shown.

![Sample client's General Profile summary with a red arrow graphic pointing to the Restrictions tags displayed near the top, showing Nuts and No Fieldhouse](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/general-profile-restrictions-illustrated.jpg)

## **Removing a client restriction**

To remove a client restriction, follow the steps above. Select the restriction you would like to edit and press backspace on your keyboard to remove it. Once the restrictions are properly adjusted, press save.

## **Creating new Restriction Tags**

If you have administrative access, you can create new restriction tags for you and your team.

To do so, select the "administration" tab, followed by "picklist admin."

![Left navigation menu with a red box graphic around the Administration menu and a red box graphic around the Picklist Admin submenu item](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-10.png)

Search and select "client restriction."

![Picklist Admin search screen with "restriction" typed into the search box and a red box graphic around the Client Restriction result link](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-11-1024x207.png)

Click on the green bar titled "Create a new client restriction."

![Client Restriction picklist page header with a red arrow graphic pointing to the Create a New Client Restriction button](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-12-1024x69.png)

Fill in the necessary information and click "save."

![Client Restriction creation form with fields for Title, Description, Category, Foreground Color, Background Color, Active, Default, and Order, plus Save and Cancel buttons](https://docs.youthcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image-13-1024x353.png)

#### **Description of Fields**

- **Title**: what is shown on the restriction tag
- **Description**: when the restirction tag is hovered on, any details shared her will appear.
- **Category**: 4 different areas of classification for the tags including allergy, food, medical, and other.
- **Foreground Color**: the color of the font.
- **Background Color**: the color of the tag background.
- **Active**: when checked, the tag is available under the demographics section.
- **Default**: when checked, all new youth will automatically have this restriction.
- **Order**: adding a lower number will allow this tag to appear first in the dropdown list, adding a higher number will allow this tag to appear lower in the drop down list.

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