Sharing of Information

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.062

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SUBJECT:

Sharing of Information

Adopted: 06-01-95
Revised: 04-20-99
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 -4369.

Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -62.

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.

Mid-Level Provider: Physician Assi stant or Nurse Practitioner.

Qualified Health Professional: Physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, nurse,
dentist, mental health professional and others who by virtue of their education,
credentials, and experience are permitted by law withi n the scope of their professional
practice are to evaluate and care for patients.

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:
401.06.03.062

SUBJECT:
Sharing of Information

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05.00.00. PROCEDURE

A qualified health care professional can review an inmate’s arrest and confinement
record for information relevant to the inmate’s care and treatment.

There will be a field memoranda at each institution that identifies those w ho have
access to those records.

Maximum communication and cooperation with thorough documentation of this
communication between prison administrators and medical support services are
required. When high risk and/or special needs patients require movement, changes of
assignments or transfer, notification will be a priority.

If there are circumstances of an inmate’s health status which justify advising the warden
or designee of an inmate’s condition (need to know), this will be coordinated through the
facility health authority or designee.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date