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Control Number: <br />401.06.03.092 <br />Version: <br />1.0 <br />Title: <br />Medical Transfers <br /> <br />Page Number: <br />2 of 6 <br /> <br />Idaho Department of Correction <br /> <br />POLICY CONTROL NUMBER 401 <br />Clinical Services and Treatment <br />PURPOSE <br />The purpose of this standard operating procedure (SOP) is to establish procedures that <br />assure offenders continue to receive appropriate healthcare services when transferred into <br />and out of a secure facility. <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 provisions provided in this <br />SOP. <br />When healthcare services are privatized, he or she 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 assure compliance with all healthcare-related <br />requirements provided in this SOP and in National Commission on Correctional <br />Health Care (NCCHC) standard P-E-03, Transfer Screening. <br />Contract Medical Provider <br />Nothing in this SOP shall be construed to relieve the contract medical provider of any <br />obligation and/or responsibility stipulated in respective contractual agreements. <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 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 standard P-E-03, or as <br />indicated in their respective contractual agreement(s); and <br />• Ensuring all applicable contract medical provider policy, procedure, and forms <br />are submitted to the health authority for review and approval prior to <br />implementation. <br /> <br /> <br />Facility Health Authority <br />The facility health authority will be responsible for: