Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 05 - Juvenile Corrections, Department of
Rule 05.02.01 - RULES FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROVIDERS
Subchapter C - RULES FOR REINTEGRATION PROVIDERS
Section 05.02.01.314 - PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES
Current through August 31, 2023
01. Medical Care. Each juvenile offender must be provided with medical, dental, optical, mental health, emergency or any other related health services while in the Provider's care. Each Provider must have access, on a twenty-four (24) hour basis, to a licensed general hospital, clinic or physician, psychiatrist, and dentist to provide juvenile offenders with professional and qualified medical or mental health services, including medications. The Provider must coordinate services and assist juvenile offenders in interpreting and complying with any follow up care as requested by healthcare provider. Any time a juvenile offender receives treatment under this section or for any health related service, a copy of any medical or dental assessments, treatments, test results, and follow up care must be forwarded to the Department's regional R.N. (3-31-22)
02. Medical Consent. As part of the admission process, the Provider must have a copy of the Department's Release of Information and Consent form signed by a juvenile offender over eighteen (18) years of age. The consent form must be filed in the juvenile offender's case file maintained by the Provider. (3-31-22)
03. Emergency Medical Treatment. In cases of emergency medical treatment requiring signed authorization for juveniles in the custody of the Department, the authorization may be signed by the Department's regional R.N., or designee. This does not restrict the Provider from taking action in life and death situations. (3-31-22)
04. Reimbursement Sources. The Provider must utilize private insurance or Medicaid, if available, for funding medical, dental, optical, mental health, or related services, and pharmaceutical products for any juvenile offender. The Provider may not seek reimbursement from private insurance or Medicaid for health services that are the fiscal responsibility of the Provider pursuant to its contract with the Department. Any health services not listed in these rules, other than emergency treatment, which was not approved in advance by the Department's regional R.N., or designee, will be at the expense of the Provider. (3-31-22)
