Direct Orders

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.040

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SUBJECT:

Direct Orders

Adopted: 06-01-95
Revised: 12-15-98
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 -4335.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -40.

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.

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.040

SUBJECT:
Direct Orders

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2 of 2

05.00.00. PROCEDURE

The health personnel involved in the delivery of health services and treatment shall
provide treatment under direct orders initiated by licensed and/or registered primary
care health providers.

Standing orders will not be used unless authorized by the Medical Director or
designee.

Written direct orders shall be recorded in each inmate’s medical record and treatment
regimens will be initiated from those orders. The orders shall be signed by the initiating
personnel, i.e. physician, dentist, family nurse practitioner, physician assistant, during
their next visit.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date