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Glossary

Behavioral Health Screening – See Mental health screening.

Behavioral Health Staff – See Mental Health Staff.

Behavioral Health Treatment Plan - a written plan which specifies the treatment to address the individual behavioral health treatment needs. Behavioral Health Trained Staff – correctional officers or other correctional personnel who may be trained and appropriately supervised to carry out specific duties with regard to the administration of mental/ behavioral health care. Behavioral Intervention – Behavioral Intervention refers to the authority of an individual or entity to settle conflicts or prevent certain actions by applying measures to either dissuade another party from a particular course of action, or physically intervene to stop them. The Behavioral Intervention is governed by statute and is usually authorized in a series of actions, referred to as a “Behavioral Intervention continuum.” Bio-hazardous Waste – any waste containing infectious material or potentially infectious material such as blood. It is waste that could cause injury during handling if not handled properly. Body Fluid Testing Program – a program, often used in conjunction with substance use education or treatment programs, where urine samples and other bodily fluids/tissues are collected on a random or other basis from offenders suspected of having a history of drug or alcohol use to determine current or recent use. Booking – both a law enforcement process and a detention-facility procedure. As a police administrative action, it is an official recording of an arrest and the identification of the person, place, time, arresting authority and reason for the arrest. In a detention facility, it is a procedure for the admission of a person charged with or convicted of an offense, which includes searching, fingerprinting, photographing, medical screening and collecting personal history data. Booking also includes the inventory and storage of the indi vidual’s personal property. Boot Camp – a short-term correctional unit designed to combine elements of basic military training programs and appropriate correctional components. Camp – a non-secure residential program located in a relatively remote area. The residents participate in a structured program that emphasizes outdoor work, including conservation and related activities. There are often 20 to 60 residents in these facilities. Candidate Status – the period after an agency has completed its self-evaluation report. Candidate status continues until standards compliance is verified during the audit and the accreditation decision is made. Career Development Plan – the planned sequence of promotions within an agency that contains provision for (1) vertical movement throughout the entire range of a particular discipline, (2) horizontal movement encouraging lateral and promotional movement among disciplines, and (3) opportunity for all to compete for the position of head of the agency. Progression along these three dimensions can occur as long as the candidate has the ambition, ability and required qualifications.

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