21-005 Reporting Inmate Requests to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine

Custody Directive: 21-005                                                                                                Date: December 8, 2021

Issued For: Custody Operations

REPORTING INMATE REQUESTS TO RECEIVE THE COVID-19 VACCINE

  PURPOSE

  The purpose of this Custody Operations Directive is to familiarize custody personnel with the procedure for notifying Correctional Health       Services (CHS) personnel regarding an inmate’s request to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

  ORDER

  As part of Custody Operations’ response to COVID-19, inmates are afforded multiple opportunities to request the COVID-19 vaccine, including    written requests utilizing the medical request form, the inmate request form, and verbal requests to any health care personnel inmates may       encounter. In addition, inmates may make a request to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to custody personnel.

  When an inmate requests the vaccine from custody personnel, custody personnel shall immediately notify the Medical Command Center     (MCC) via telephone by calling [REDACTED TEXT]. They shall inform MCC personnel of the request, and provide them with the inmate’s name,   booking number, and housing location, and any other information MCC personnel may request. Custody personnel shall log the notification in   the medical events section of the electronic Uniform Daily Activity Log (e-UDAL), and record the inmate’s information and the name and   employee number of the MCC personnel notified.

 This procedure shall remain in effect for the duration of the Department’s response to COVID-19.

 Questions regarding this directive should be directed to the Access to Care Bureau at [REDACTED TEXT].