North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 14 - Director, Division of Health Service Regulation
Subchapter J - JAILS, LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES
Section .0200 - OPERATIONS MANUAL FOR JAILS
Section 14J .0203 - CONTENTS OF OPERATIONS MANUAL

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 14J .0203

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The operations manual shall include written policies and procedures that address the following areas:

(1) administration and management of inmates;

(2) admissions, transportation, and release;

(3) classification for the placement and housing of inmates, as set forth in Rule .0301(a) of this Subchapter;

(4) security and supervision;

(5) inmate rules and discipline;

(6) management of special inmates;

(7) legal rights of inmates;

(8) health, mental health, developmental disability, intellectual disability, and substance use disorder services;

(9) food services;

(10) program services;

(11) work release;

(12) opportunities for exercise;

(13) access to legal assistance or legal materials;

(14) grievance procedures;

(15) visitation and mail policies;

(16) religious activities;

(17) sanitation procedures that comply with Rule.0701 of this Subchapter;

(18) emergency plans for a fire or an emergency situation that includes rioting, bomb threats, escapes, and the taking of hostages;

(19) a disaster plan as required by Rule.0403(d) of this Subchapter;

(20) a suicide prevention program that includes identifying suicidal inmates, supervising suicidal inmates, and reviewing procedures and debriefing officers after an inmate suicide;

(21) waiving any medical fees for indigent inmates, as required by G.S. 153A-225;

(22) use of force; and

(23) use of restraints.

(b) In compliance with G.S. 153A-220(1), the Construction Section shall provide consultation and technical assistance to a jail upon request.

Authority G.S. 153A-221;
Eff. June 1, 1990;
Readopted Eff. September 4, 2020.

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