Position Descriptions

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.023

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SUBJECT:

Position Descriptions

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

Idaho Department of Correction Policy and Procedure Manual, Section No. 209.

Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions, Third Edition, Standard 3 -4334.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -23.

04.00.00. DEFINITIONS

Facility Health Authori ty: 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.

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.023

SUBJECT:
Position Descriptions

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05.00.00. PROCEDURE

The Division of Institutional Services and the Department’s Medical Provider will operate
under the Department of Correction Administrative Policy No. 209, Position
Management. The Facility Health Authority will evaluate all medical staff positions and
assure that job duties and responsibilities are accurately reflected within the position
class code.

Each facility will have a job description for each individual position that specifies the
functional responsibilities associated with that position.

Civil Service and/or Idaho Personnel Commission job classifications are not
acceptable for individual duty station procedures.

The position descriptions will be reviewed and updated every two years.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date