Document Citation: 9 NYCRR 7651.16

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NEW YORK CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS
TITLE 9. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
SUBTITLE AA. STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION
CHAPTER V. MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
PART 7651. HEALTH SERVICES

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08/31/2009

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§ 7651.16 Special diagnostic and therapeutic services

(a) The department shall provide access to special diagnostic and therapeutic services provided by qualified medical specialists to all inmates as ordered by the facility medical director.

(b) The department shall require that:

(1) emergency surgery is performed immediately;

(2) diagnostic surgery is performed in a timely manner; and

(3) elective surgery approved by the medical director to correct conditions determined by the medical director to be progressively deteriorating is performed within a time span recommended by the medical director in each case, but in no event more than 120 days after completion of such pre-surgical approval in each case.

(c) At the discretion of the facility medical director, each inmate who has completed a pre-surgical evaluation, or who is scheduled for surgery, shall be placed on a medical hold status.

(d) The department shall provide access to hemodialysis treatment for all inmates the facility medical director determines require such treatment. Except during emergencies, inmates shall be provided hemodialysis treatment only in hemodialysis centers which meet operating standards set forth by the New York State Department of Health.

(e) The department shall provide all inmates access to optometric services, including provision of properly fabricated and fitted prescription eyeglasses for each inmate the facility medical director determines is in need of such eyeglasses.

(f) The department shall provide access to medical prosthetic services, devices and equipment to all inmates who the facility medical director determines need such services, devices and equipment.

(g) Scheduled trips by inmates outside the confines of correctional facilities for purposes of health care treatment shall not be cancelled except as directed or approved by the facility superintendent and only after consultation with the facility medical director. A written explanation of the circumstances surrounding all such cancellations shall be recorded in ink in the inmate's medical record.