Medical Autonomy

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.003
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DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION
SUBJECT:
Medical Autonomy
Adopted: 06-01-95
Revised: 11-02-98
Reformatted: 02-2001
INSTITUTIONAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
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01.00.00. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT
It is the policy of the Idaho Board of Correction that the Department of Correction
ensure proper medical, dental, psychiatric and psychological services and treatment be
provided to inmates incarcerated under its jurisdiction, including those state-sentenced
offenders held in non-IDOC facilities.
02.00.00. TABLE OF CONTENTS
01.00.00.POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT
02.00.00.TABLE OF CONTENTS
03.00.00.REFERENCES
04.00.00.DEFINITIONS
05.00.00.PROCEDURE
03.00.00. REFERENCES
Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions, Third Edition, Standard 3-4327.
Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P-03.
04.00.00. DEFINITIONS
Facility Health Authority: The on-site Health Authority or senior health staff assigned.
Medical Authority: Idaho Department of Correction Health Services Chief.
Medical Director: A physician (M.D.) either employed by the Idaho Department of
Correction or the physician in charge if medical services are privatized.
Regional Health Manager: The individual assigned as the primary manager who is
administratively responsible for the delivery of medical services if health services are
privatized.
05.00.00. PROCEDURE
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Medical Autonomy
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The Facility Health Authority shall act as liaison between the medical program and
security to assure the availability of health care services to inmates. This will facilitate
open communication between security and medical programs. Responsibility for
availability for health care services will lie with the institution’s warden, the Facility
Health Authority, the Medical Director, the Regional Health Manager and the Medical
Authority. The Facility Health Authority will assure that patients are not housed,
admitted to an infirmary, hospitalized or treated without a documented medical need.
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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date