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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 />6 of 6 <br /> <br />Idaho Department of Correction <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br />Contract Medical Provider: A private company under contract with the Department to <br />provide comprehensive medical, dental, and/or mental health services to the incarcerated <br />offender population. A contract medical provider may include private prison companies and <br />other entities under contract with the Department to operate the Idaho Correctional Center <br />(ICC) and other out-of-state facilities housing Department offenders. <br />Facility Health Authority: The contract medical provider employee who is primarily <br />responsible for overseeing the delivery of medical services in an Idaho Department of <br />Correction (IDOC) facility. <br />Health Authority: The Department employee who is primarily responsible for overseeing or <br />managing the Department’s medical and mental health services. The health authority is <br />commonly referred to as the health services director. <br />Qualified Health Care Professional: A physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, <br />nurse, dentist, mental health professional or others who -- by virtue of their education, <br />credentials, and experience -- are permitted by law (within the scope of their professional <br />practice) to evaluate and care for offenders. <br />REFERENCES <br />Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions, Third Edition, Standards 3-4360, 3-4361, 3- <br />4378, 3-4379. <br /> <br />National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC), Standard P-E-03, 2014 Edition <br />SOP 401.06.03.014, Infection Control Program, and NCCHC standard P-B-01, Infection <br />Control Program, for further guidance.) <br /> <br />– End of Document – <br />