Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 670 - City and County Detention Facility Standards › Subchapter 5 - Standards for Detention Facilities › Section 310:670-5-10 - Training and staff development

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Training policies.
The administrator shall develop policies and
				procedures for staff orientation and training. The training program shall be
				supervised by a designated employee. A facility with more than one-hundred
				(100) employees shall employ a full-time person for staff orientation and
				training.
(b)
Training and
				testing requirements.
Policies and procedures shall include at least the
				following requirements for training:
(1) A
				new employeewhose primary responsibilities include supervision of inmates shall
				receive orientation and training prior to job assignment by the employing
				agency. An employee who has received orientation and training may be assigned
				to inmate supervision prior to passing the Detention Officer examination.
(2) All employees, including the
				detention facility administrator and all supervisors, whose primary
				responsibilities include supervision of inmates, shall receive at least
				twenty-four (24) hours of trainingduring the first year of their employment
				that covers at least the following:
(A)
				Security procedures;
(B)
				Supervision of inmates;
(C) Report
				writing and documentation;
(D)
				Inmate rules and regulations;
(E)
				Grievance and disciplinary procedures;
(F) Rights and responsibilities of
				inmates;
(G) Emergency
				procedures;
(H) First aid and
				cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
(I) Requirements of this Chapter.
(3) After the first year of
				employment, an employee whose primary responsibilities include supervision of
				inmates shall receive at least the traininglisted below.
(A) Four (4) hours review of the required
				training identified in paragraph two (2) of this section.
(B) Four (4) hours of training as directed by
				the administrator; the content and instructors shall be selected by the
				administrator.
(C) Renewal training
				as required for first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
				skills.
(4) A
				documentation log shall be maintained by the Administrator to record the
				courses completed by each employee for their initial and annual training and
				include test results.
(5) Training
				may be given through other programs that have first been reviewed and approved
				by the Department.
(6) An
				examination covering the standards in this Chapter is required for new
				employees whose primary responsibilities include supervision of inmates. The
				examination shall be completed within the first year of employment unless there
				is documented evidence an examination was not available, or other extenuating
				circumstances caused the delay. In the event of delayed examination, an
				examination will occur at the next available opportunity. A passing score on
				the test as administered by the Department or its representatives shall be
				seventy (70) percent or higher. Any person scoring less than seventy (70)
				percent shall not be considered to have satisfactorily completed training and
				may retest as necessary for a period of up to one year.