Training for Correctional Officers

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.020

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SUBJECT:

Training for Correctional
Offi cers

Adopted: 07-15-98
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, Standard 3 -4351.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -20.

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 individ ual assigned as the primary manager who is
administratively responsible for the delivery of medical services if health services are
privatized.

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.020

SUBJECT: Training for
Correctional Officers

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05.00.00. PROCEDURE

The Facility Health Authority shall cooperate with the Department’s Training Manager to
provide training for all employees to respond to health related situations comparable to
those defined by the American Red Cross and the NCCHC. The training shall include,
but is not limited to, an awareness of potential emergency situations, response to life
threatening conditions and responsibility for the early detection of illness or injury.

It is essential that the first aid training course for employees include certified courses in
coronary pulmonary resuscitation and first aid, with in-service training to maintain
certification as recommended by standards or state regulation.

The acceptable standard is 75% or more of the staff on each shift be trained at
least every two years in one of the areas addressed by the Standards.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date