California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections › Chapter 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections › Subchapter 4 - Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities › Article 11 - Medical/Mental Health Services › Section 1206 - Health Care Procedures Manual

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The health authority shall, in cooperation with the
						facility administrator, set forth in writing, policies and procedures in
						conformance with applicable state and federal law, which are reviewed and
						updated at least every two years and include but are not limited to:
(a) summoning and application of proper
					 medical aid;
(b) contact and
					 consultation with other treating health care professionals;
(c) emergency and non-emergency medical and
					 dental services, including transportation;
(d) provision for medically required dental
					 and medical prostheses and eyeglasses;
(e) notification of next of kin or legal
					 guardian in case of serious illness which may result in death;
(f) provision for screening and care of
					 pregnant and lactating people, including prenatal and postpartum information
					 and health care, including but not limited to access to necessary vitamins as
					 recommended by a doctor, information pertaining to childbirth education and
					 infant care;
(g) screening,
					 referral, and care of incarcerated persons who may be in behavioral crisis or
					 have developmental disabilities;
(h) implementation of special medical
					 programs;
(i) management of
					 incarcerated persons suspected of or confirmed to have communicable
					 diseases;
(j) the procurement,
					 storage, repackaging, labeling, dispensing, administration/delivery to
					 incarcerated persons, and disposal of pharmaceuticals;
(k) use of non-physician personnel in
					 providing medical care;
(l)
					 provision of medical diets;
(m)
					 patient confidentiality and its exceptions;
(n) the transfer of pertinent individualized
					 health care information, or individual documentation that no health care
					 information is available, to the health authority of another correctional
					 system, medical facility, or mental health facility at the time each
					 incarcerated person is transferred and prior notification pursuant to Health
					 and Safety Code Sections
					 121361
					 and
					 121362
					 for incarcerated persons with known or suspected active tuberculosis disease.
					 Procedures for notification to the transferring health care staff shall allow
					 sufficient time to prepare the summary. The summary information shall identify
					 the sending facility and be in a consistent format that includes the need for
					 follow-up care, diagnostic tests performed, medications prescribed, pending
					 appointments, significant health problems, and other information that is
					 necessary to provide for continuity of health care. Necessary medication and
					 health care information shall be provided to the transporting staff, together
					 with precautions necessary to protect staff and incarcerated passengers from
					 disease transmission during transport;
(o) forensic medical services, including
					 drawing of blood alcohol samples, body cavity searches, and other functions for
					 the purpose of prosecution shall not be performed by medical personnel
					 responsible for providing ongoing care to incarcerated people;
(p) provisions for application and removal of
					 restraints on pregnant people consistent with Penal Code Section
					 3407;
(q) other Services mandated by statute;
					 and,
(r) provisions for timely and
					 appropriate medical and mental health screenings, access to medical and mental
					 health services within seven days of request, and no-cost access to
					 contraception and STD treatment, for incarcerated persons who have reported
					 sexual abuse or sexual harassment, regardless of the location where the
					 incident(s) occurred.
1.
						Editorial correction of Note filed 9-30-82 (Register 82, No. 40).
2.
						Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 32).
3. Change
						without regulatory effect of first paragraph and subsection (j) (Register 88,
						No 17).
4. Amendment to subsections (e) and (f) and new subsection
						(n) filed 2-27-91; operative 3-29-91 (Register 91, No. 13).
5.
						Amendment of first paragraph and subsection (n) filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94
						(Register 94, No. 31).
6. Amendment of section heading and
						subsections (l)-(n) and new subsection (o) filed 1-26-98; operative 2-25-98
						(Register 98, No. 5).
7. Amendment of subsections (f) and (n) filed
						1-11-2001; operative 2-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 2).
8. Amendment
						of subsection (l) filed 6-2-2005; operative 7-2-2005 (Register 2005, No.
						22).
9. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 5-23-2008 as an emergency;
						operative 5-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 21). Pursuant to Penal Code section
						5058.3, a
						Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-30-2008 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
10. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-23-2008 order transmitted
						to OAL 9-10-2008 and filed 10-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 43).
11.
						Amendment of first paragraph and Note filed 8-20-2012; operative 9-19-2012
						(Register 2012, No. 34).
12. Amendment of subsections (b) and (f)
						and new subsections (p)-(q) filed 1-26-2017; operative 4-1-2017 (Register 2017,
						No. 4).
13. Amendment of subsections (n)-(q) and new subsection (r)
						filed 9-13-2018; operative 1-1-2019 (Register 2018, No. 37).
14.
						Amendment of subsections (f)-(g), (i)-(j), (n)-(p) and (r) filed 11-17-2022;
						operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  6030, Penal
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  6030, Penal
						  Code.