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<br />DEPARTMENT <br />OF <br />CORRECTION <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />DIRECTIVE NUMBER: <br /> <br />401.06.03.052 <br /> <br />PAGE NUMBER: <br /> <br />1 of 3 <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Infirmary Care <br />Adopted: 06-01-95 <br />Revised: 03-10-99 <br />Reformatted: 02-2001 <br /> <br />INSTITUTIONAL <br /> SERVICES <br /> DIVISION <br />01.00.00. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT <br /> <br />It is the policy of the Idaho Board of Correction that the Department of Correction <br />ensure proper medical, dental, psychiatric and psychological services and treatment be <br />provided to inmates incarcerated under its jurisd iction, including those state-sentenced <br />offenders held in non-IDOC facilities. <br /> <br />02.00.00. TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />01.00.00. POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT <br />02.00.00. TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />03.00.00. REFERENCES <br />04.00.00. DEFINITIONS <br />05.00.00. PROCEDURE <br /> <br />03.00.00. REFERENCES <br /> <br />Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions, Third Edition, Standards 3 -4354. <br /> <br />Standards for Health Services in Prisons, P -24, P-44, P-52. <br /> <br />04.00.00. DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />Facility Health Authority: The on-site Health Authority or senior health staff assigned. <br /> <br />Infirmary: An area within a confinement facility set up to take care of two or more <br />inmates for a period of 24 hours or more. <br /> <br />Medical Authority: Idaho Department of Correction Health Services Chief. <br /> <br />Medical Director: A physician (M.D.) either employed by the Idaho Department of <br />Correction or the physician in charge if medical services are privatized. <br /> <br />Mid-Level Provider: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. <br /> <br />