Indiana Administrative Code
Title 210 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 10 - Offender Tort Claim Process
Section 10-4 - Claim investigation
Universal Citation: 210 IN Admin Code 10-4
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 34-13-3-7
Affected: IC 34-13-3
Sec. 4.
(a) The facility head shall designate a staff person to act as the facility's tort claims investigator. The tort claims investigator shall have access to all areas of the facility in order to investigate claims and make recommendations for settlement if applicable.
(b) The duties of the facility tort claims investigator shall include the following:
(1) Receiving the NOTICE OF LOSS OF
PROPERTY-TORT CLAIM form from the facility head.
(2) Reviewing this form and any accompanying
documentation.
(3) Investigating
the claim made by the offender, including the following:
(A) Interviewing staff and the offender as
necessary.
(B) Reviewing all
pertinent documents, including personal property inventories, and commissary
requests.
(C) Completing any other
actions necessary to make a recommendation on the claim.
(4) Making a recommendation concerning the
settlement of the claim and complete the tort claims investigator's section of
the RECOMMENDATION ON TORT CLAIM form.
(5) Submitting the RECOMMENDATION ON TORT
CLAIM form to the department's tort claims administrator.
(6) Maintaining files of all property loss
tort claims filed by offenders at the facility.
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