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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 />4 of 6 <br /> <br />Idaho Department of Correction <br /> <br />If an offender to be transferred requires special medication or observation during travel, this <br />information is documented in the medical file and made readily accessible to those transporting <br />the offender. <br /> <br />The facility health authority or designee assures that the following items accompany the <br />offender being transported; <br />• Offender’s health record <br />• Any prosthetic appliance <br />• Wheelchairs and/or crutches <br />• Medications, to include supplies of at least seven days for IDOC facility-to-facility <br />transfers or 14 day supplies for transfers out-of-state or to county jails <br />Security must be informed of any medical conditions where a special transport would be <br />necessary. This includes, but is not limited to: <br />• Handicap <br />• Special medical order/medication <br />• Geriatric <br />• Mental health diagnosis and presentation <br />• Pregnancies of six months or greater gestation <br />The IDOC offender placement group in coordination with the IDOC health services director has <br />the authority and may request medical attendants on a special transport. Contract medical staff <br />will cooperate. If there is a dispute, the decision will be made by the IDOC health services <br />director. <br />The IDOC transport team has the authority to refuse transport of an offender requiring “special <br />needs.” <br />The facility health authority does not allow an offender to be transported if doing so would <br />jeopardize that offender’s health or medical stability. <br />2. Intrastate Transfer Screening <br />Transfer screening is performed by qualified health care professionals on all intrasystem <br />transfers. The transfer screening findings are recorded on the intrasystem transfer form. <br />Intrasystem transfer forms shall be uniform throughout all facilities. <br />• The intrasystem transfer screening is intended to assure that offenders continue to <br />receive appropriate health services for health needs already identified. <br />• Qualified health care professionals review each transferred offender’s health record <br />within 12 hours of arrival at the facility to assure continuity of care. <br />• Immediate healthcare needs shall be identified and addressed, and potentially infectious <br />offenders shall be isolated from other offenders. (See SOP 401.06.03.014, Infection <br />Control Program, and NCCHC standard P-B-01, Infection Control Program, for further <br />guidance.)