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Idaho <br />Department of <br />Correction <br /> <br /> <br />Standard <br />Operating <br />Procedure <br /> <br />Operations <br />Division <br /> <br />Operational <br />Services <br />Control Number: <br />401.06.03.011 <br />Version: <br />2.4 <br />Page Number: <br />1 of 7 <br />Adopted: <br />11-12-1998 <br />Reviewed: <br />6-11-2012 Title: <br />Death: Procedure in the Event of an <br />Offender’s <br /> <br />This document was approved by Shane Evans, director of the Education, <br />Treatment, and Reentry Bureau, on 6/11/12 (signature on file). <br />Open to the public: Yes <br />BOARD OF CORRECTION IDAPA RULE NUMBER 401 <br />Medical Care <br />POLICY CONTROL NUMBER 401 <br />Clinical Services and Treatment <br />DEFINITIONS <br />Standardized Terms and Definitions List <br />Clinical Mortality Review: An assessment of (a) the clinical care provided; (b) the <br />circumstances leading up to death; and (c) any areas of inmate healthcare, policies, or <br />procedures that can be improved. <br />Contract Medical Provider: A private company or other entity that is under contract with <br />the Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) to provide comprehensive medical, dental, <br />and/or mental health services to the IDOC’s incarcerated inmate population. <br />Facility Health Authority: The contract medical provider employee who is primarily <br />responsible for overseeing the delivery of medical services in an Idaho Department of <br />Correction (IDOC) facility. <br />Facility Medical Director: The highest ranking physician in an Idaho Department of <br />Correction (IDOC) facility. <br />Health Authority: The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) employee who is primarily <br />responsible for overseeing or managing the IDOC’s medical services. (The health authority <br />is commonly referred to as the health services director.) <br />PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this standard operating procedure (SOP) is to establish procedures that <br />must be followed as a result of an inmate’s death, to include but not limited to, clinical <br />mortality reviews, psychological reconstructions, and postmortem examinations. <br />SCOPE <br />This SOP applies to all Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) healthcare services staff, <br />inmates, contract medical providers, and subcontractors.