Staffing Levels and Facility Space

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.024

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SUBJECT:

Staffing Levels and
Facility Space

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 -4332, 3-4333.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -24.

04.00.00. DEFINITIONS

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

Me dical 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:
401.06.03.024

SUBJECT: Staffing Levels
and Facility Space

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05.00.00. PROCEDURE

The Institutional Services Medical Authority, Division of Prisons, and the Fa cility
Wardens, in cooperation with the Regional Health Manager, shall be responsible for the
provision of adequate staff, space, equipment, supplies, and materials depending upon
the level of health care services required by each institution. Health delivery services
will be coordinated under the joint supervision of the responsible physician and the
Facility Health Authority.

Within the limitations of security considerations, space, equipment, and supplies shall
be provided to ensure examination and trea tment with professional consideration for the
dignity and privacy and feelings of the resident offender.

All health facilities shall provide basic equipment necessary for examination and
treatment.

Exam and treatment rooms.

Emergency equipment, ample supplies and pharmaceuticals.

Adequate office space secure enough to maintain confidentiality of medical
records and provide a thorough exam.

Appropriate lab, x-ray, and other specialty services available.

Appropriate inventories are made on medical abusa bles such as sharps,
needles, and syringes.

Institutional health authorities are encouraged to make use of approved and available
community health resources as needed.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date