Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 670 - City and County Detention Facility Standards › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 310:670-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"ACA"
means American Correctional Association.
"Available"
means that the subject individual is
				  either on site or on the premises.
"Bodily search"
means any invasive examination
				  by hand of an inmate's person or clothing. Bodily searches do not include
"
pat-downs.
"
"Central control"
means the central point within
				  the facility where security activities are monitored and controlled.
"Contraband"
means anything not authorized to be
				  in an inmate's possession.
"Dayroom"
means space for activities that is
				  situated immediately adjacent to the inmates' sleeping area and separated from
				  the sleeping area by a wall.
"Department"
means Oklahoma State Department of
				  Health.
"Detention facility"
means a facility that may
				  hold a person for an indefinite period of time.
"Detention Officer"
means a person whose
				  training, education and/or experience specifically qualifies him or her to
				  perform the duties indicated in the job description and the jail standards, or
				  a person who holds a certification accorded pursuant to 70 O.S. Section 3311.
				  The individual performing the duties must be trained in appropriate laws,
				  codes, standards, policies and procedures.
"Direct contact with inmates"
means contact
				  between Detention Officers and inmates in inmate living areas.
"Direct supervision"
means the Detention Officer
				  is in direct contact with inmates and is in a position to constantly monitor
				  behaviors and interact with inmates.
"Emergency care"
means
medical or
				  surgical care necessary to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life-or
				  limb-threatening condition or symptom
[57 O.S. § 38.3(A)(1)].
"Facility administrator"
means sheriff, police
				  chief, city manager, private contractor or a designee thereof charged with
				  maintaining and operating a lockup facility, or detention facility.
"Grievance"
means a circumstance or action
				  considered unjust.
"Holding facility"
means a facility that shall
				  hold
persons under arrest who are charged with a crime
no
				  longer than twelve (12) hours [74 O.S. § 192(B)].
"Hot meal"
means a measure of food served and
				  eaten at one sitting prepared in accordance with and served at a palatable
				  temperature range of 110° - 120° F. (43.3°- 48.8° C.).
"Indigent inmate "
means an inmate who has a
				  total receipt of or a balance of less than $15.00 from the first day through
				  the last of the preceding month.
"Inmate"
means any individual, whether in
				  pretrial, sentenced or un-sentenced status who is confined in a detention
				  facility.
"Juvenile"
means a person who is subject solely
				  to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions of
				  Title 10A O.S. §
									2-5-205
				  or 10A O.S. § 2-5-206 (relating to classification as a youthful offender
				  as defined at 10A O.S. § 2-5-202).
"Last locked/secure door"
means the last secure
				  barrier between staff and the inmate.
"Life endangering situations"
means a suicide
				  attempt, or obvious serious injury or illness, which in the evaluation of the
				  staff requires an immediate response.
"Life threatening"
means a situation in which
				  life saving measures are taken.
"Living area "
means those areas of a facility
				  utilized for the day-to-day housing and activities of inmates. These areas do
				  not include reception and release areas and special use cells such as sobering,
				  safety, and holding or staging cells normally located in receiving areas.
"Lockup facility"
means a facility that may hold
				  a person no longer than ten (10) days. It is usually operated by a town or city
				  for the temporary detention of persons awaiting arraignment. Persons who need
				  to be detained longer than ten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention
				  facility.
"New construction"
means a facility with final
				  plans approved after January 1, 1992.
"Non-secure areas"
means those areas where a
				  youth or juvenile is in the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to
				  leave or depart from the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth or juvenile
				  is not detained in a facility which limits movement.
"On site"
means a Detention Officer being
				  physically present within the detention facility.
"On the premises"
means aDetention Officer being
				  physically present within the structure incorporating the detention facility,
				  or within a building or structure sharing the same realty or located on realty
				  that is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure incorporating the
				  detention facility is located, provided that such remote building or structure
				  is not located farther than 500 feet from the detention facility.
"Pat-down"
means a noninvasive search of an
				  inmate by hand performed by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the
				  clothing covering the legs and torso.
"Physician or other licensed medical personnel"
means a psychiatrist, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician's
				  assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, emergency medical
				  technician at the paramedic levelor clinical nurse specialist [57 O.S. §
				  4.1(3)].
"Sensitive functions and procedures"
means any
				  bodily search or the visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate to
				  partially or fully disrobe.
"Sight check"
means when a Detention Officer
				  physically observes an inmate.
"Sight contact"
means clear visibility within
				  close proximity.
"Sound contact"
means direct oral communication.
"Substantial remodeling"
means the cost to
				  repair/replace is at least fifty (50) percent of the cost to replace the
				  facility.
"Sustained contact"
means sight or sound contact
				  that is not brief and inadvertent.