Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Corrections
Title R251 - Administration
Rule R251-709 - Transportation of Inmates
Section R251-709-5 - Medical Security Procedures

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 251-709-5

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

(1) The transportation officers shall maintain custody of the inmate at all times during medical transportation runs. Exceptions may be made when dealing with inmates of the opposite sex during compromising procedures, (i.e., pap smears, mammograms, etc.). When an exception is made, the officers shall remain immediately outside the door (if there are no windows or other escape routes in the room) or on the opposite side of the privacy curtain.

(2) The transportation officers shall remove a particular restraint upon the doctor's orders if the removal of that restraint is required to perform a medical procedure; only that particular restraint shall be removed and it shall be immediately reapplied upon completion of the medical procedure.

(3) Except in life-threatening emergencies, the transportation officers shall not assist nor participate in any medical procedure or other assistance to patients or inmates.

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