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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 310. Oklahoma State Department of Health |
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Chapter 670. City and County Detention Facility Standards |
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Subchapter 1. General Provisions |
SECTION 310:670-1-2. Definitions
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- The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"ACA" means American Correctional Association."Available" means that the subject individual is either on site or on the premises."Bodily search" means any invasive examination by hand of an inmate's person or clothing. Bodily searches do not include "pat-downs.""Central control" means the central point within the facility where security activities are monitored and controlled."Contraband" means anything not authorized to be in an inmate's possession."Dayroom" means space for activities that is situated immediately adjacent to the inmates' sleeping area and separated from the sleeping area by a wall."Department" means Oklahoma State Department of Health."Detention facility" means a facility that may hold a person for an indefinite period of time."Detention Officer" means a person whose training, education and/or experience specifically qualifies him or her to perform the duties indicated in the job description and the jail standards, or a person who holds a certification accorded pursuant to 70 O.S. Section 3311. The individual performing the duties must be trained in appropriate laws, codes, standards, policies and procedures."Direct contact with inmates" means contact between Detention Officers and inmates in inmate living areas."Direct supervision" means the Detention Officer is in direct contact with inmates and is in a position to constantly monitor behaviors and interact with inmates."Emergency care" means medical or surgical care necessary to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life-or limb-threatening condition or symptom [57 O.S. § 38.3(A)(1)]."Facility administrator" means sheriff, police chief, city manager, private contractor or a designee thereof charged with maintaining and operating a lockup facility, or detention facility."Grievance" means a circumstance or action considered unjust."Holding facility" means a facility that shall hold persons under arrest who are charged with a crime no longer than twelve (12) hours [74 O.S. § 192(B)]."Hot meal" means a measure of food served and eaten at one sitting prepared in accordance with and served at a palatable temperature range of 110° - 120° F. (43.3°- 48.8° C.)."Indigent inmate" means an inmate who has a total receipt of or a balance of less than $15.00 from the first day through the last of the preceding month."Inmate" means any individual, whether in pretrial, sentenced or un-sentenced status who is confined in a detention facility."Juvenile" means a person who is subject solely to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions of Title 10A O.S. § 2-5-205 or 10A O.S. § 2-5-206 (relating to classification as a youthful offender as defined at 10A O.S. § 2-5-202)."Last locked/secure door" means the last secure barrier between staff and the inmate."Life endangering situations" means a suicide attempt, or obvious serious injury or illness, which in the evaluation of the staff requires an immediate response."Life threatening" means a situation in which life saving measures are taken."Living area" means those areas of a facility utilized for the day-to-day housing and activities of inmates. These areas do not include reception and release areas and special use cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells normally located in receiving areas."Lockup facility" means a facility that may hold a person no longer than ten (10) days. It is usually operated by a town or city for the temporary detention of persons awaiting arraignment. Persons who need to be detained longer than ten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention facility."New construction" means a facility with final plans approved after January 1, 1992."Non-secure areas" means those areas where a youth or juvenile is in the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to leave or depart from the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth or juvenile is not detained in a facility which limits movement."On site" means a Detention Officer being physically present within the detention facility."On the premises" means a Detention Officer being physically present within the structure incorporating the detention facility, or within a building or structure sharing the same realty or located on realty that is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure incorporating the detention facility is located, provided that such remote building or structure is not located farther than 500 feet from the detention facility."Pat-down" means a noninvasive search of an inmate by hand performed by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the clothing covering the legs and torso."Physician or other licensed medical personnel" means a psychiatrist, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, emergency medical technician at the paramedic level or clinical nurse specialist [57 O.S. § 4.1(3)]."Sensitive functions and procedures" means any bodily search or the visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate to partially or fully disrobe."Sight check" means when a Detention Officer physically observes an inmate."Sight contact" means clear visibility within close proximity."Sound contact" means direct oral communication."Substantial remodeling" means the cost to repair/replace is at least fifty (50) percent of the cost to replace the facility."Sustained contact" means sight or sound contact that is not brief and inadvertent.