Document Citation: 15 CCR 3350.2

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CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 15. CRIME PREVENTION AND CORRECTIONS
DIVISION 3. ADULT INSTITUTIONS, PROGRAMS AND PAROLE
CHAPTER 1. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF ADULT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER 4. GENERAL INSTITUTION REGULATIONS

Date:
08/31/2009

Document:
§ 3350.2. Off-Site Health Care Treatment

(a) Each facility shall maintain contractual arrangements with local off-site agencies for those health services deemed to be medically necessary as defined in section 3350(b)(1), and that are not provided within the facility. Such services may include medical, surgical, laboratory, radiological, dental, and other specialized services likely to be required for an inmate's health care.

(b) When medically necessary services are not available for an inmate within a facility, the facility's chief medical officer or supervising dentist may request the institution head's approval to temporarily place that inmate in a community medical facility for such services.

(c) In an extreme emergency when a physician is not on duty or immediately available, the senior custodial officer on duty may, with assistance of on-duty health care staff, place an inmate in a community medical facility. Such emergency action shall be reported to the facility's administrative and medical officers-of-the-day as soon as possible.