Perf-Based Stds, Transportation of Inmates, 1st Ed_Jan 2025

Glossary

Temporary Leave – see Furlough.

Temporary Release – period of time during which an inmate is allowed to leave the program or institution and go into the community unsupervised for various purposes consistent with the public interest. Terms, Conditions, Privileges of Employment – include, but are not limited to: recruitment, selection, and hiring; salary and compensation; benefits, holidays, leave, and work hours; promotion and advance ment; staff development, including in-service training; and retirement, resignation, and termination. Therapeutic Community – a designed psychosocial environment with programs for substance use-disor dered and/or mental health patients within a residential or day unit in which the social and group process is used with therapeutic intent. Therapeutic Diet – diet prescribed by a health care practitioner as part of the patient’s medical treatment. Therapeutic diets can be ordered by physicians, physician’s assistants, or nurse practitioners. Toxic Materials – substances that through chemical reaction or mixture can produce possible injury or harm to the body by entering through the skin, digestive tract, or respiratory tract (for example, zinc chro mate paint, ammonia, chlorine, antifreeze, herbicides, pesticides). Training – an organized, planned, documented, and evaluated or assessed activity designed to impart knowledge and skills to enhance job performance. Training is based on specific objectives, is job related, from an appropriate source, of sufficient duration, relevant to organizational need, and delivered to appro priate staff. Training Plan – a set of long- or short-range training activities that equip staff with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they need to accomplish the goals of the agency. Treatment Plan – a written assessment of individualized needs, required services and interventions, in cluding short-term and long-term goals, measurable outcomes, and the roles of health care and non-health care personnel for the purpose of providing necessary treatment and services in accordance with a patient’s identified needs and problems areas. Triage – screening and classification of offender health care concerns by qualified medical staff to determine the priority of need and the appropriate level of intervention. Trained Custody Staff - See health/medically trained or behavioral health/mental health trained personnel. Training School – see Juvenile correctional facility.

Undue Hardship – an accommodation that would be unduly costly, extensive, or substantial.

Unencumbered Space – usable space that is not encumbered by furnishings or fixtures. At least one dimension of the unencumbered space is no less than seven feet. In determining unencumbered space in the area, the total square footage is obtained and the square footage of fixtures and equipment is subtracted. All fixtures and equipment must be in operational position.

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