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 5 - Classification and Separation › Section 1055 - Use of Safety Cell

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The safety cell described in Title 24, Part 2, Section
						1231.2.5, shall be used to hold
						only those people who display behavior which results in the destruction of
						property or reveals an intent to cause physical harm to self or others. The
						facility administrator, in cooperation with the responsible physician, shall
						develop written policies and procedures governing safety cell use and may
						delegate authority to place an incarcerated person in a safety cell to a
						physician. Policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) In no case shall the safety cell be used
					 for punishment or as a substitute for treatment.
(b) A person shall be placed in a safety cell
					 only with the approval of the facility manager or designee, or responsible
					 health care staff; continued retention shall be reviewed a minimum of every
					 four hours.
(c) A medical
					 assessment shall be completed as soon as possible, but not more than 12 hours
					 from the time of placement in the safety cell. The person shall be medically
					 cleared for continued retention, referral to advanced treatment, or removal
					 from the safety cell a minimum of every 24 hours thereafter.
(d) The facility manager, designee or
					 responsible health care staff shall obtain a mental health opinion/consultation
					 with responsible health care staff on placement and retention, which shall be
					 secured as soon as possible, but not more than 12 hours from
					 placement.
(e) Direct visual
					 observation shall be conducted at least twice every 30 minutes, with no more
					 than a 15-minute lapse between safety checks. Such observation shall be
					 documented.
(f) Procedures shall be
					 established to assure administration of necessary nutrition and
					 fluids.
(g) People placed in the
					 safety cell shall be allowed to retain sufficient clothing, or be provided with
					 a suitably designed "safety garment," to provide for their personal privacy
					 unless specific identifiable risks to the person's safety or to the security of
					 the facility are documented.
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 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations filed 3-1-89 (Register 89, No. 10).
4. Amendment filed
						8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).
5. Change without
						regulatory effect amending first paragraph filed 9-7-94 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 94, No. 36).
6. Amendment of first paragraph
						and new second paragraph filed 1-26-98; operative 2-25-98 (Register 98, No.
						5).
7. Amendment of first and third paragraphs filed 1-11-2001;
						operative 2-10-2001 (Register 2001, No. 2).
8. Amendment of first
						paragraph filed 4-20-2009; operative 5-20-2009 (Register 2009, No.
						17).
9. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph
						filed 1-7-2010 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2010, No. 2).
10. Amendment of third paragraph
						and NOTE filed 8-20-2012; operative 9-19-2012 (Register 2012, No.
						34).
11. Amendment filed 1-26-2017; operative 4-1-2017 (Register
						2017, No. 4).
12. Amendment filed 11-17-2022; operative 1-1-2023
						(Register 2022, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  6024 and
						  6030, Penal
						  Code. Reference: Section
						  6030, Penal
						  Code.