Environmental Health and Safety

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.015

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SUBJECT:

Environmental Health
and Safety

Adopted: 06-01-95
Revised: 11-02-98
Reformatted: 02-2001

INSTITUTIONAL
SERVICES
DIVISION
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 jurisd iction, 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, Standards 3 -4310, 3-4313,
and 3-4315.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -15.

04.00.00. DEFINITIONS

Facility Health Authority: The on-site Health Authority or senior health staff a ssigned.

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.

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.015

SUBJECT: Environmental
Health and Safety

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05.00.00. PROCEDURE

The Division of Institutional Services shall ensure that the medic al provider shall provide
a comprehensive environmental health program to ensure the welfare of the inmates
and staff of the facility. Environmental inspections consistent with manufacturer
specifications and state regulations shall be performed and include the following:

Inmate housing
Laundry
Housekeeping program
Risk exposures
Sanitation
Staff safety

Prison ventilation systems, especially negative pressure areas for control of infectious
disease, should be monitored regularly for air quality.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date