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1(v <br />POLICY 4.04, "ROU'TINE MEDICAL CARE OF INMATES (NON-EMERGENCE" <br />PAGE 4 OF 4 <br />C. Inmates requiring transfer to IJNC-Chapel Hill Hospital shall be transported <br />pursuant to the procedures outline in Orange County .Tail Policy 4.1.3, "Transportation of <br />Inmates for Medical Care.." <br />D. All inmates transferred outside the facility shall be accompanied by an Orange <br />County Sheriff's Office Deputy. The Deputy will be required to hand-carry a copy of the <br />completed "Prisoner Medical Report Form" to the medical professional, attending <br />physician or health care provider. <br />E. Once the inmate has been examined, treated and a diagnosis is completed of the <br />inmate's condition, the medical professional attending the inmate will be responsible for <br />recording the diagnosis and treatment on the "Prisoner" medical form. The transporting <br />deputy sheriff shall return the "Prisoner" medical form" back to the Jail detention <br />Supervisor who will ensure that the jail contracted medical professional places the form <br />in the inmate's medical file. Under no circumstances shall the deputy return the <br />inmate back to the fail without the "inmate's medical report form". (Remember this <br />report has to be placed in the inmate's medical folder. <br />F. Any information pertaining to any medication and/or treatment to be provided to <br />the inmate by jail detention officers upon the inmates return to the facility shall be <br />communicated to the transporting Deputy or called in to the Control Room officer by the <br />health care provider, It is the duty and responsibility of the on duty Detention <br />Supervisor to ensure that our1ail medical provider nets the information at the first <br />available opportu, nits <br />G. Once the inmate has been returned to the facility, the Jail detention Supervisor <br />shall be responsible for informing our contracted medical provider who will he <br />responsible for updating the Medical Report L,og and recording the following information <br />pertaining to the inmate visit in the L,og: <br />1. Date and time the inmate was seen by the medical professional; <br />2. Location of the inmate's visit; <br />3 Physician or health care professional that examined the inmate; and, <br />4. Any medications required to be provided the inmate or any instructions <br />required to be followed. ~' I~~`~~~,~ <br />Reviewed and Approved: ~~ !/ <br /> <br />(Sheriff) <br />Date. fb~~ ~ ~ 20°`~ <br />