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Title 9 Part 7010
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9 NYCRR 7010.1 - Policy
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(a)In order to provide adequate medical care for incarcerated persons, the chief administrative officer of each local correctional facility shall develop and implement written policies and procedures consistent with this Part.
(b)Prompt screening is essential to identify serious or life-threatening medical conditions requiring immediate evaluation and treatment. Appropriate medical appraisal of inmates is necessary to reduce the risk that a serious physical deficiency or medical emergency will be obscured by drug or alcohol ingestion.
9 NYCRR 7010.2 - Health services
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(a)The county legislature, board of supervisors or similar county governing unit shall appoint a properly registered physician for the local correctional facility.
(b)
(1)Each prisoner shall be examined by a physician licensed to practice in the State of New York or by medical personnel legally authorized to perform such examination at the time of admission or as soon thereafter as possible, but no later than 14 days after admission.
(2)Documented evidence of an examination by a physician or other authorized medical personnel within the six-month period prior to admission shall satisfy the requirements of this subdivision. Such documentation shall be reviewed and follow-up treatment initiated as necessary.
(c)Every inmate who at the time of admission appears to be physically incapacitated due to drug or alcohol intoxication shall be examined immediately by a physician.
(d)Every inmate who at the time of admission appears to be intoxicated by alcohol or drugs shall be subject to increased supervision as determined pursuant to section 7003.3(h) of this Title. If, after 12 hours from admission, the inmate still appears to be intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, the inmate shall be immediately examined by a physician.
(e)No medication or medical treatment shall be dispensed to an inmate except as authorized or prescribed by the facility physician.
(f)Facility personnel shall receive training and maintain certification in approved first aid and emergency life saving techniques including the use of emergency equipment.
(g)Definite arrangements shall be made to insure the prompt transportation of an inmate to a hospital or other appropriate medical facility in emergency situations.
(h)Each facility shall provide the necessary security and supervision during the period of hospitalization and in the course of transportation to and from a medical facility.
(i)The chief administrative officer shall make maximum use of community medical and mental health facilities, services, and personnel.
(j)Adequate health service and medical records shall be maintained which shall include but shall not necessarily be limited to such data as: date, name(s) of inmate(s) concerned, diagnosis of complaint, medication and/or treatment prescribed. A record shall also be maintained of medication prescribed by the physician and dispensed to a prisoner by a staff person.
9 NYCRR 7010.3 - Possession of medication by inmates
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(a)Under no circumstances shall a supply of medicine or medication be issued to or be allowed to be in the possession of an inmate.
(b)Any jurisdiction may request a waiver of the requirements of this section by applying for such waiver to the Commission of Correction. The commission shall make a determination regarding such request based upon the facts and circumstances described therein.
(c)Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a) of this section, any inmate prescribed either nitroglycerine or an asthma or other respiratory inhalant shall be issued and allowed to keep on his person a sufficient quantity of such medicine or medication.
9 NYCRR 7010.4 - Storage of medications
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(a)All medications shall be stored in a safe and secure manner consistent with the requirements of this section to insure control only by authorized personnel designated by the facility physician.
(b)Each facility shall store all drugs and biologicals in sanitary, locked compartments under proper temperature controls.
(c)Each facility shall store controlled drugs and other drugs subject to abuse in separately locked, permanently affixed, compartments and in accordance with article 33 of the Public Health Law and 10 NYCRR Part 80. Adequate records of dispensing of such drugs, including perpetual inventory record, shall be maintained.
(d)Poisons and medications for “external use only” shall be kept in a locked cabinet and separate from other medications.
(e)Medications whose shelf life has expired or which are otherwise no longer in use shall be disposed of or destroyed in accordance with State and Federal laws and regulations.
9 NYCRR 7010.5 - Return of unused medications
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(a)Any jurisdiction may apply to the commission for certification to return to the vendor pharmacy from which it was purchased certain unused medications or drugs.
(b)Certification to return certain unused medications or drugs to the vendor pharmacy shall be permitted only under the following conditions:
(1)the facility employs a licensed health care professional; and
(2)access to drugs and biologicals is permitted only by authorized licensed health care professionals designated by the facility physician.
(c)An authorized licensed health care professional designated by the facility physician of a facility certified by the commission shall be permitted to return unused medications to the vendor pharmacy under the following conditions:
(1)a copy of the commission's certification permitting the return of medications is filed with the vendor pharmacy:
(2)all medication to be returned must be:
(i)stored in accordance with section 7010.4 of this Part;
(ii)sealed in unopened, individually packaged units; and
(iii)within the recommended period of shelf life for the purpose of redispensing;
(3)drug products which may be returned are limited to:
(i)oral and parenteral medication in single-dose hermetically sealed containers; and
(ii)parenteral medication in multiple-dose hermetically sealed containers from which no doses have been withdrawn;
(4)the drug products returned show no obvious sign of deterioration;
(5)drug products packaged in manufacturer’s unit-dose packages may be returned for redispensing provided that they are redispensed in time for use before the expiration date, if any, indicated on the package;
(6)drug products repackaged by the pharmacy into unit-dose or multiple-dose “blister packs” may be returned to the pharmacy for redispensing provided that:
(i)the date on which the drug product was repackaged, its lot number and expiration date are indicated clearly on the package;
(ii)not more than 90 days have elapsed from the date of the repackaging;
(iii)a repackaging log is maintained by the pharmacy in the case of drug products repackaged in advance of immediate needs;
(7)partially used “blister packs” may be redispensed only as returned to the pharmacy;
(8)partially used “blister packs” may not be emptied and repackaged;
(9)additional units of medication may not be added to partially used “blister packs;”
(10)no drug product dispensed in bulk in a dispensing container may be returned;
(11)no medication or drug product defined as a controlled substance in section 3306 of the Public Health Law may be returned; and
(12)no drug which is self-administered by an inmate, has been offered for delivery to an inmate, or has been in an inmate's possession may be returned.
(d)[Reserved]
(e)As used in this section, licensed health care professional shall mean a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, physician's assistant or licensed practical nurse.
9 NYCRR 7010.6 - Report concerning the condition of inmates kept apart from the general population
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The report required by section 500-k and paragraph (d) of subdivision (6) of section 137 of the Correction Law concerning the condition of inmates kept apart from the general population shall be submitted to the sheriff or, in local correctional facilities not under the custody and control of the sheriff, to the Commissioner of Correction or other person in charge of such facility.