Perf-Based Stds, Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 5th Ed_DEC 2024

Part 5: Care

Health Call 5-JCF-5C-06 (Ref 4-JCF-4C-06)

There is a process in place for all juveniles to initiate requests for health ser vices on a daily basis. All health care requests are triaged by a qualified health care professional or health-trained personnel A priority system is used to schedule health care services and shall address routine, urgent, and emergent juvenile health care requests and conditions Health care services are available to juveniles in a clinical setting at least five days a week and are provided by a qualified health care professional. A health care practitioner is available at least once a week to respond to juvenile-health concerns Protocols : Written policy and procedure; training curriculum for health-trained personnel. Process Indicators : Completed health-care request forms; documentation of health care services provided; health care provider’s and practitioner’s schedules; health-record entries; observations; interviews. Comment : None.

Outside Referrals 5-JCF-5C-07 (Ref 4-JCF-4C-07)

Juveniles who need health care beyond the resources available in the facility, as determined by the responsible health care practitioner, are transported under appropriate security provisions to a facility where such care is provid ed A written list of referral sources, including emergency and routine care, is available and reviewed/updated at least annually

Comments : None.

Protocols : Written policy and procedure.

Process Indicators : Completed records of referral consults; documentation of an nual list review of referral sources; transportation logs; health-record entries; ob servations; interviews.

Continuity of Care 5-JCF-5C-08 (Ref 4-JCF-4C-08)

A written medical summary is required to maintain continuity of care when a juvenile is referred to a community-based health-care provider or released from the facility Comment : Continuity of care is required from admission to release from the fa cility. When health care is transferred to providers in the community, appropriate information should be shared with the new providers in accordance with release- of-information requirements.

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