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aq POLICY 4.07, "MENTAL HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SERVICES" PAGE 3 OF 3 D. The contract medical professional may make any of the following decisions: 1. The physician may travel to the facility to examine the inmate; 2. The physician may request that the inmate be transported to his/her office for examination, or, 3. The physician may recommend that our Contracted Psychiatrist see the inmate. 4. The contracted medical professional, contracted Psychiatrist, or EMS may direct you to transport the inmate to ZINC-Chapel Hill Hospital. E Any recommendation requiring an inmate to be transported outside the facility for treaimentlexamination shall be carried out in accordance with Orange County Jail Policy 4.1.3, "Transportation of Inmates for' Medical Care." F. Under no circumstances shall any Orange County Jail Detention official other than the contracted medical professional make any determination that any inmate is in need of Mental Health Caze. jnote: when an emerEency exists and when medical staff is not on duty the supervisor must contact the-Lieutenant Maior or Sheriff a decision will be made. G. Once a decision has been made by the physician as to the treatment of the inmate, the responding detention officers will be required to complete a "Prisoner Medical Report Form." The form should contain, at a muumum, the following information: 1. The problem(s) the inmate was having; 2. Any action taken by,jail detention officers; and, 3. Any instructions made by the physician that were carried-out by the detention officers.. H. All completed "Prisoner Medical Report Forms" shall be filed in the inmate's medical record. Documentation regarding the incident will be recorded on the Medical Log by the shift supervisor.. I. .Tail detention officers will also be required to complete an official Incident Report regarding the matter for submission to the .Tail A strator Sheriff by the next working day. ~ , ~~ Reviewed and Approved: ~~~ (Sheriff) Date: ?lll.~a l 2-°° y