Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 201 - Corrections Department › Title III - Community-based Corrections › Chapter 43 - Residential Facilities › Rule 201-43.1 - Residential Facilities

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The
				facility shall admit residents in accordance with the correctional continuum,
				court order, release order from board of parole, or purchase of service
				agreement contract with the department of corrections, federal correctional
				agencies or a county board of supervisors.
(2) At the time of intake, the facility staff
				shall discuss with each resident program goals, services available, rules
				governing conduct in the facility, disciplinary procedures, client fiscal
				management and residents' rights, communication privileges and all federal
				Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) orientation and education standards and
				shall obtain written documentation from the resident that these matters were
				discussed.
(3) The district
				department shall have written policies and procedures governing when and how a
				resident's property is inventoried and recorded, and the same shall be utilized
				for all residents.
(4) The district
				department shall have written policies and procedures which ensure a case
				record is maintained on each resident of the facility.
(5) The district department shall have
				written policies which establish facility rules, possible sanctions, appeal
				procedures and PREA standards that comply with all federal standards for all
				residents.
(6) The district
				department shall have written policies which establish a grievance procedure
				for residents which applies to activities other than disciplinary
				action.
(7) The district department
				shall have written policies and procedures establishing criteria governing the
				use of and reporting of the use of physical force by facility staff which
				conform to appropriate statutes or regulations.
(8) The district department shall have
				written policies and procedures for searching residents and their property and
				for seizure of resident property or contraband.
(9) The district department shall have a
				written policy which ensures that at least one staff member is readily
				available to residents 24 hours a day. Facility staff shall know the
				whereabouts of all residents.
(10)
				The district department staff shall ensure the provision and maintenance of a
				safe environment for the residents, including compliance with fire, building,
				health, and safety regulations or standards applicable in the local
				jurisdiction.
(11) Infectious
				disease.
a. In compliance with Iowa Code
				section
				905.15, the
				district department shall have written policies and procedures to prevent the
				transmission of contagious infectious disease, including notification to
				facility personnel if any person committed to the facility is found to have a
				contagious infectious disease.
b.
				The district department shall refer for a medical examination any resident
				suspected of having a communicable disease, which safeguards both residents and
				employees. Employees who contract a communicable disease, except common colds,
				should not be permitted to work in a facility until the danger of contagion is
				ended. For purposes of this rule, communicable disease shall mean any disease
				which is transmittable from one person to another and is either temporarily or
				permanently debilitating.