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Control Number: <br />401.06.03.045 <br />Version: <br />2.2 <br />Title: <br />Health Evaluations for Offenders in <br />Segregated/Restrictive Housing <br />Units <br />Page Number: <br />2 of 5 <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this standard operating procedure (SOP) is to establish procedures for <br />ensuring that offenders placed in segregated housing units (i.e., restrictive housing) will <br />have direct access to healthcare services staff. <br />SCOPE <br />This SOP applies to all Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) healthcare services s taff, <br />offenders, contract medical providers and subcontractors . <br />RESPONSIBILITY <br />Health Authority <br />The health authority is responsible for: <br />• Monitoring and overseeing all aspects of healthcare services , and <br />• The implementation and continued practice of the pr ovisions provided in this <br />SOP. <br />When healthcare services are privatized, the health authority will also be responsible for: <br />• Reviewing and approving (prior to implementation) all applicable contract medical <br />provider policy, procedure, and forms ; and <br />• Monitoring the contract medical provider’s performance, to include but not limited <br />to reviewing processes, procedures, forms, and protocols employed by the <br />contract medical provider to ensure compliance with all healthcare-related <br />requirements provided in respective contractual agreements, this SOP, and in <br />the following National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) <br />standard P-E-09, Segregated Inmates. (See section 2 of this SOP.) <br />Contract Medical Provider <br />When healthcare services are privatized, the contract medical provider is responsible <br />for: <br />• Implementing and practicing all provisions of this SOP, unless specifically <br />exempted by written contractual agreements ; <br />• Ensuring that all aspects of this SOP and NCCHS standard P-E-09 are <br />addressed by applicable contract medical provider policy and procedure; <br />• Ensuring facility health authorities utilize all applicable contract medical provider <br />policy, procedure, forms, and educational information to fulfill all healthcare- <br />related requirements provided in this SOP, NCCHC s tandard P-E-09, or as <br />indicated in their respective contractual agreement(s); <br />Note: Nothing in this SOP shall be construed to relieve the contract medical provider(s) <br />of any obligation and/or responsibility stipulated in respective contractual agreements. <br />Facility Health Authority <br />The facility health authority will be responsible for: