Section 311.10. Medical placement.

 

(1)  Observation for medical purposes is an involuntary or voluntary, nonpunitive status used for the temporary confinement of an inmate to ensure the inmate's safety and the safety of others if one or both of the following exists:

(a) The inmate has, or is suspected of having, a medical problem that requires separation from the population for treatment by a physician.

(b) An inmate is refusing testing for communicable illness.

(2)  An inmate may be placed in observation by any of the following:

(a) A physician.

(b) The warden.

(c) A clinical or health services staff member, the security director or the shift captain, if a physician is not available for consultation either directly or by telephone.

(3)  Any staff member or inmate may recommend to any person authorized to place an inmate in observation that an inmate be placed in observation. The staff member or inmate shall state the reasons for the recommendation and describe the inmate's symptomatology that underlies the recommendation. The inmate shall be provided with a written copy of the reasons for the recommendation within 10 working days of the recommendation.

(4)  At the time of placement the inmate shall be informed orally of the reasons for placement.

Cr. Register, May, 1998, No. 509 , eff. 6-1-98.