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(1) Adequate equipment, supplies and materials shall be provided for the performance of primary health care delivery.

(2) At the time of admission, prisoners shall be advised, consistent with the provisions of SCC 5.08.010(1)(f), of the procedures for gaining access to medical services.

(3) Prisoners’ medical complaints shall be collected daily and acted upon by medically trained personnel. An appropriate priority shall be established with treatment by qualified medical personnel to follow.

(4) Work release prisoners shall be allowed to see their own physicians outside of the work release/special detention facility and shall be responsible for their own medical expenses.

(5) Sick Call.

(a) Sick call shall be conducted by a physician and/or other qualified medical personnel and shall be available to each prisoner at least five times per week;

(b) When sick call is not conducted by a physician, the responsible physician shall arrange for the availability of a physician at least once each week to respond to prisoner complaints regarding services which they did or did not receive from other medical providers; further, regardless of complaints, the responsible physician shall review the medical services delivered at least weekly.

(6) Medical and dental prostheses shall not be denied when the health of the prisoner/patient would otherwise be adversely affected as determined by the responsible physician.

(7) Emergency Care.

(a) First aid kit(s) shall be conveniently available in each bureau facility;

(b) Emergency medical and dental care shall be available on a 24-hour basis in accordance with a written plan which includes:

(i) Arrangements for the emergency evacuation of the prisoner from the facility;

(ii) Arrangements for the use of an emergency medical vehicle;

(iii) Arrangements for the use of one or more designated hospital emergency rooms, other appropriate health facilities or on-call physician and dentist services. (Added by Amended Ord. 94-041, May 25, 1994; Amended by Amended Ord. 08-137, Nov. 10, 2008, Eff date Jan. 1, 2009).