California Code of Regulations
Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections
Division 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections
Chapter 1 - Board of State and Community Corrections
Subchapter 4 - Minimum Standards for Local Detention Facilities
Article 11 - Medical/Mental Health Services
Section 1200 - Responsibility for Health Care Services
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) In Type I, II, III and IV facilities, the facility administrator shall have the responsibility to ensure provision of emergency and basic health care services to all incarcerated persons. Medical, dental, and mental health matters involving clinical judgments are the sole province of the responsible qualified health care professionals, dentist, and psychiatrist or psychologist respectively; however, security regulations applicable to facility personnel also apply to health personnel.
Each facility shall have at least one physician available. In Type IV facilities, compliance may be attained by providing access into the community; however, in such cases, there shall be a written plan for the treatment, transfer, or referral in the event of an emergency.
(b) In court holding and temporary holding facilities, the facility administrator shall have the responsibility to develop written policies and procedures which ensure provision of emergency health care services to all incarcerated persons.
1. Editorial correction of Note filed 9-30-82 (Register 82, No. 40).
2. Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 32).
3. Amendment filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).
4. Renumbering of former article 10 to article 11 (sections 1200-1230) filed 6-23-2003; operative 7-23-2003 (Register 2003, No. 26).
5. Amendment filed 11-17-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Section 6030, Penal Code. Reference: Section 6030, Penal Code.
