Florida Administrative Code › 33 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › 33 - Departmental › Chapter 33-601 - CLASSIFICATION AND CENTRAL RECORDS › Section 33-601.302 - Inmate Discipline - Terminology and Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The following terms, as defined, shall be standard usage
				  throughout the Department:
(1)
				Classification Officer - As used herein, refers to any classification officer
				position, including senior classification officer and classification
				supervisor.
(2) Contact Card -
				Refers to Form DC6-256, a written log used to document behavior of an inmate,
				other than an inmate in administrative confinement, disciplinary confinement or
				close management. Correctional officers maintain this card in the inmate's
				assigned dormitory. Form DC6-256 is incorporated by reference in paragraph
				 33-601.313(1)(c),
				F.A.C.
(3) Corrective Consultation
				- A written reprimand for a violation of rules of such a minor nature that no
				disciplinary report is necessary.
(4) Department Head - The staff person in
				charge of a work unit at a correctional facility.
(5) Designating Authority - The
				classification supervisor responsible for the review of disciplinary reports
				prior to hearing to determine if the disciplinary report is in accordance with
				due process requirements and Rules
				 33-601.301 -.314, F.A.C., and
				whether it shall be designated as minor or major as defined by subsections
				 33-601.302(11) and
				(12), F.A.C.
(6) Disciplinary Hearing - The procedure used
				to provide administrative due process requirements for inmates charged with
				violating the rules of the Department.
(7) Disciplinary Report - A formal method of
				charging an inmate with a rule violation. The disciplinary report is an
				Offender Based Information System (OBIS) computer screen entry into the
				Automated Discipline and Integrated Offender System (ADIOS).
(8) Disciplinary Team - A team made up of at
				least two staff persons, one of whom shall be a classification officer, senior
				classification officer or classification supervisor, who serves as team chair
				at the direction of the warden, and a correctional officer lieutenant or above,
				who will be responsible for hearing disciplinary reports. The correctional
				officer chief shall designate a correctional officer sergeant as a substitute
				team member only if neither a lieutenant nor captain is available and only when
				such substitution is absolutely necessary.
(9) Hearing Officer - An employee who will be
				responsible for hearing disciplinary reports designated as minor.
(10) Investigator - The staff member assigned
				to investigate infractions, conduct interviews and collect evidence relating to
				the disciplinary infraction.
(11)
				Major Violation - Any rule violation where the maximum penalty is 30 DC and 30
				GT or greater, or where the maximum penalty is less than 30 DC and 30 GT and
				the designating authority has determined that based upon one or more of the
				criteria listed in subsection
				 33-601.302(12),
				F.A.C., it is assigned to the disciplinary team as a major disciplinary
				report.
(12) Minor Violation - Any
				rule violation for which the maximum penalty that could be imposed is less than
				30 days disciplinary confinement or 30 days loss of gain time shall be
				considered for assignment to the hearing officer as a minor disciplinary report
				based on:
(a) The nature and circumstances of
				the offense;
(b) The inmate's
				disciplinary history;
(c) The
				period of time that has elapsed since the inmate's last disciplinary
				report.