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 .1200 - STANDARDS FOR NEW JAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Section 14J .1209 - MEDICAL AREA
Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 14J .1209
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) Each jail shall have a medical area that provides the following:
(1) a door that may be locked;
(2) locked storage for equipment, supplies,
medications and medical records;
(3) an examination table and a
handicapped-accessible sink, toilet and shower;
(4) a work station for the doctor and
nurse;
(5) a telephone;
and
(6) direct voice contact with
officers.
(b) If a county or a region has more than one jail, it shall be required to provide only one medical area if that area meets the medical needs of the inmates in all of the jails.
Authority
G.S.
153A-221;
Eff. June 1,
1990;
Pursuant to
G.S.
150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
substantive public interest Eff. January 5,
2016.
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