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(4) Procedures for the referral of an inmate to lockup facility health care staff or to other agencies which provide health care.
(5) Designation of staff who have the authority to make health care decisions, including emergency medical and dental care.
(6) Documentation in an inmate’s confidential medical file of any referral and identification of the services provided, including emergency services.
(7) Maintenance of agreements between the lockup facility and providers of health care services.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1992, No. 444, eff. 1-1-93.
DOC 349.18 Suicide prevention. The manual under s. DOC 349.16 shall contain policies and procedures relating to the supervision and housing of inmates who may be at risk of seriously injuring themselves, including the following components:
(1) Assessment of an inmate’s suicide risk at booking and documentation of the results.
(2) Designation of persons who may assess an inmate’s level of suicide risk and who may authorize placement on and removal from a suicide watch status for inmates who are suicide risks.
(3) Identification of housing areas for inmates who are suicide risks.
(4) Referral of inmates who are suicide risks to mental health care providers or facilities.
(5) Supervision of inmates who are suicide risks, including frequency of observation and documentation of supervision.
(6) Communication between health care and lockup facility personnel regarding the status of an inmate who is a suicide risk.
(7) Intervention of a suicide in progress, including first aid measures.
(8) List of persons to be notified in case of potential, attempted or completed suicides.
(9) Documentation of actions and decisions regarding inmates who are suicide risks.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1992, No. 444, eff. 1-1-93.
DOC 349.19 Control and administration of medications. The manual under s. DOC 349.16 shall contain policies and procedures relating to the control and administration of prescription and nonprescription medications, including the following components:
(1) Determination by appropriate personnel that all medications brought in by inmates or other persons for an inmate are necessary.
(2) Inventory and secured storage of all medications brought into the lockup facility.
(3) Designation of staff who are authorized to administer or who are authorized to deliver medication to inmates.
(4) Administration or delivery of prescription and nonprescription medications to inmates.
(5) Documentation of all medication administered or delivered to an inmate, including who prescribed the medication, who administered or delivered the medications and the date and time of administration or delivery. All refusals of recommended or prescribed medications by an inmate must be documented.
(6) Return of an inmate’s medications inventoried at admission.
(7) Inventory or disposal of unused medications upon the inmate’s release or transfer.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1992, No. 444, eff. 1-1-93.
DOC 349.20 Communicable disease control. The manual under s. DOC 349.16 shall contain policies and procedures relating to the care, treatment and supervision of inmates who may have communicable diseases, including the following components:
(1) Provision of treatment and supervision of inmates during isolation or quarantine under s. 252.06 (6) (b), Stats.
(2) Documentation of the need for isolation or quarantine under s. 252.06 (6) (b), Stats., in the inmate’s confidential medical file.
History: Cr. Register, December, 1992, No. 444, eff. 1-1-93; correction in (1) and (2) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2006 No. 612.
DOC 349.21 Detention of juveniles.
(1) A lockup may not be used for the secure detention of juveniles, except a lockup may be used to hold juveniles who are alleged to have committed a delinquent act.
(2) A lockup administrator may authorize the holding of a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act only if all of the following criteria are met:
(a) Except as provided in this section, the lockup facility meets the provisions of this chapter and has been approved by the department as a suitable place for holding juveniles in custody.
(b) The lockup administrator shall have developed and implemented policies and procedures which ensure sight and sound separation between juveniles and adult inmates in all areas of the lockup facility, including entrances, booking, intake, elevators, staircases, cells, holding rooms, and all other areas in which juveniles could have contact with adult inmates.
(c) The lockup administrator shall have established and implemented policies and procedures to ensure that juvenile records are maintained in a confidential manner and kept separate from adult inmate records in accordance with s. 938.396, Stats.
(3) The lockup administrator may only authorize that a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act be placed in secure custody status for a period of time not to exceed 6 hours.
(4) The lockup administrator may only authorize that a juvenile who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act be placed in secure custody status for investigative purposes.
(5) Lockup facility staff shall physically observe each juvenile and document each observation. The observations shall be at irregular intervals in accordance with the following schedule:
(a) Every juvenile at least once every 20 minutes.
(b) Every juvenile exhibiting behavioral or mental problems, such as mental disturbance, suicidal tendency, or being under the influence of alcohol or drugs, at least once every 15 minutes.
History: Emerg. cr. eff. 12-10-98; cr. Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99.
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