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Control Number: <br />401.06.03.067 <br />Version: <br />2.1 <br />Title: <br />Involuntary Medication and <br />Treatment <br />Page Number: <br />6 of 17 <br /> <br />• Notify the facility head (or designee) and the chief psychologist within 24 hours of <br />initiating treatment and document the notification in the offender’s healthcare <br />record. <br />Duration of Treatment <br />The emergency involuntary administration of medication to the offender shall have a <br />maximum duration of 72 hours for a single emergency and may not continue beyond <br />that time without holding an involuntary medication hearing. <br />If during the 72-hour period the offender consents to treatment, the 72-hour period will <br />no longer apply. The offender’s consent to treatment shall be documented in the <br />offender’s healthcare record. <br />Offender Consent to and then Refuses Treatment <br />If, after consenting to treatment, the offender again refuses and the conditions set forth <br />in this section are applicable, the offender may again be involuntarily administered <br />medication pursuant to the emergency involuntary administration of medication <br />procedures provided in this section. If this occurs, new 24-hour and 72-hour periods <br />begin. <br />NON-EMERGENCY INVOLUNTARY MEDICATION FOR OFFENDERS <br />7. Basis for Non-emergency Involuntary Medication <br />An offender may be subject to non-emergency involuntary medication but only if the <br />Involuntary Medication Hearing Committee (IMHC) holds an involuntary medication hearing, <br />and only if the IMHC finds that the offender: <br />• Suffers from a ‘mental disorder’ and is gravely disabled; and/or <br />• Suffers from a mental disorder and poses a likelihood of causing serious harm to <br />himself, others, or their property. <br />Note: Also see section 9, subsection titled ‘Involuntary Medication Hearing Officer <br />Responsibilities (Post-IMHC Deliberations)’. <br />Note: For the purpose of this SOP only, ‘mental disorder’ includes mental illness or <br />psychological disorders which may provide a basis for commitment to the Idaho <br />Security Medical Program pursuant to Idaho Code, section 66-1306 et seq. <br />Note: Non-emergency involuntary medication shall be administered only at facilities <br />with identified mental health or behavioral health units. <br />Other safeguards that the IMHC will consider when determining whether or not an offender <br />may be subject to non-emergency involuntary medication are when: <br />• A psychiatrist determined that the offender should be medicated; <br />• The offender did not consent to the medication after being given the opportunity to <br />do so; <br />• All available less restrictive options were exhausted, were shown to be ineffective, or <br />were likely to not be effective;