Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The facility
shall provide necessary medical and mental health care and emergency dental
care while the juvenile is in custody. Consent of a juvenile's parent, guardian
or legal custodian shall be required for treatment, except in the event of an
emergency during which a parent, guardian or legal custodian is not
available.
(2) The facility shall
review the current health of every juvenile admitted to the facility in
accordance with all of the following:
(a) The
facility shall perform health screening upon admission.
(b) The facility shall use a health screening
form which has been developed in conjunction with health care
professionals.
(c) The health
screening form shall be designed to obtain health information, including the
juvenile's medical, mental, and dental condition, current medications, medical
illnesses or disabilities, mental illnesses, developmental disabilities,
substance abuse problems, and suicide risk.
(3) The operational plan under s.
DOC 346.04 shall contain policies and procedures for
juvenile health care, including all of the following components:
(a) The names of staff who are designated
with the authority to make health care decisions, including emergency medical
and dental care.
(b) The completion
of health screening in a manner which ensures the privacy of a juvenile and
confidentiality of information.
(c)
Names, addresses and telephone numbers of health care professionals who provide
emergency and other health care services, including counseling, shall be listed
and available to staff.
(d)
Referral of juveniles to health care professionals or to agencies which provide
health care or counseling at the time of admission and throughout the period of
detention.
(e) Provision of
non-emergency health care, including use of a juvenile's personal
physician.
(f) A schedule of access
to routine health care which is provided to juveniles.
(g) Submission, processing, and disposition
of requests for health care by juveniles.
(h) Provision of a special diet if ordered by
a health care professional.
(4) The superintendent shall maintain
agreements with health care professionals.
