Participation - Executions

DEPARTMENT
OF
CORRECTION

DIRECTIVE NUMBER:

401.06.03.069

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SUBJECT:

Participation –
Executions

Adopted: 06-01-95
Revised: 05-03-99
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 Health Services in Prisons, P -69.

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 Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.

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

DIREC TIVE NUMBER:
401.06.03.069

SUBJECT:
Participation – Executions

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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.

05.00.00. PROCEDURE

It shall be considered unethical for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners
or other health care professionals, regardless of their personal views on capital
punishment, to participate in legally authorized executions.

Where state law and regulation require that such acts be performed by health
professionals, the services of outside health professionals shall be obtained.

Executions are not medical procedures and should not occur in the medical unit.

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Administrator, Institutional Services Division Date