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POLICY 4.03, "MEDICAL COMPLAINTS AND REFERRALS" ~~ PAGE 2 OF 3 5. Documentation: When an inmate is admitted to the Orange County .Tail, as stated the Detention Booking Officer shall complete a Medical Questionnaire. If the inmate on admittance requests or we find in our opinion on admittance that the inmate needs to see a medical professional, the booking officer shall complete a "Prisoner Medical Request Report", OR if during a shift an inmate request or if we fmd an inmate in need of medical caze, we in each situation shall file a "PRISONER MEDICAL REFERRAL /REQUEST REPORT". It shall be the duty of each day AND night detention shift supervisor on duty to collect and record on the prisoner medical report log in the Medical Room all new reguests or referrals for inmates, and "PRISONER MEDICAL REPORT FORMS", The log shall have the name of the inmate, date and time he/she was admitted OR REQUESTED MEDICAL TREATMENT, OFFICER COMPLETING THE FORM AND SUMMARY OF COMPLAINT OR FORM. The medical report shall have the date and time the inmate requested (asked) for medical treatment and detention officer who received the request.. The detention officer taking the medical request (complaint) shall summazize the complaint on the report, The Shift Supervisor, Med Passer, and Medical Professional receiving the form shall initial and mark the status of the medical request form in appropriate boxes. Upon completion, the on-duty Detention Supervisor shall present the forms to the on-duty med passer.. It is the duty and responsibility of the on duty med passer to wive the "PRISONER MEDICAL FORMS" to the contracted facility Medical Professional on duty for that day in the Orange County Detention Center, It is the duty and responsibility of the med passer to have the medical professional receiving the forms to initial or sign the medical log demonstratine that they have received all the forms from the detention med passer.. It shall then he the duty of the contracted medical professional to review each prisoner medical form, complaint and prioritize each inmate's medical complaint in terms of health caze needed. NOTE: ~• not fail it is the Shift Supervisor and Detention Officer's duty and responsibility to insure that collectinE and ~resentin2 of all recently admitted "Prisoner Medical Forms" to the med passer, whose duty it is to ensure they give the forms to the medical professional as prescribed with documentation.) The "PRISONER MEDICAL FORMS RECEIVED LOG" shall be signed by each of the following the Detention Supervisor, med passer and the contracted medical professional receiving the forms. If the medical professional is not on duty to receive the PRISONER MEDICAL FORMS, they shall be placed in the PRISONER MEDICAL FORM BOX in the medical room in the jail,(Remember we can not fail to have the medical professional to sign or initial receiving the forms)