Or. Admin. Code § 291-048-0210

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 291-048-0210 - Definitions

(1) Behavior Health Services (BHS): A Health Services unit with primary responsibility for the assessment and treatment of inmates with mental illness and developmental disabilities.

(2) Behavioral Health Unit: An intensive behavioral management and skills training unit for inmates with serious mental illness that have committed violent acts or disruptive behavior.

(3) BHS Program Manager: That person who reports to the Behavior Health Services administrator and has responsibility for delivery of program services or coordination of program operations in a mental health special housing unit. Whenever the term "BHS program manager" is used in this rule it means BHS program manager or designee.

(4) Facility: The building and grounds area operated by the Department of Corrections which physically houses inmates.

(5) Functional Unit Manager: Any person within the Department of Corrections who reports to either the Director, Deputy Director, an assistant director, or an administrator and has responsibility for the delivery of program services or coordination of program operations. Whenever the term "functional unit manager" is used in this rule it means functional unit manager or designee. In these rules for mental health special housing, the "functional unit manager" is the superintendent of the institution.

(6) Intermediate Care Housing (ICH): A mental health special housing unit with a therapeutic environment for mental health step down from a Mental Health Infirmary; a stabilization unit for inmates who cycle in and out of a Mental Health Infirmary.

(7) Inmate: Any person under the supervision of the Department of Corrections who is not on parole, post-prison supervision or probation status.

(8) Mental Health Infirmary (MHI): A crisis response unit that provides psychiatric care and a therapeutic environment for inmates that require intensive assessment, care, and stabilization.

(9) Mental Health Specialist: Any person who reports to the BHS administrator and has the responsibility for delivery of mental health program services in a facility.

(10) Mental Health Special Housing: A housing assignment separate and apart from the general population, including facilities, rooms, or cells for inmates that are unable to adjust satisfactorily to the general inmate population because of a serious mental illness. Mental health special housing includes a Mental Health Infirmary, Intermediate Care Housing, and Behavioral Health Unit.

(11) Mental Health Special Housing (MHSH) Custody Manager: That person designated by the functional unit manager who is responsible for security in a mental health special housing unit and for making operational decisions in accordance with policy, rule, or procedure. Whenever the term "mental health special housing custody manager" is used in this rule it means the mental health special housing custody manager or designee.

(12) Mental Health Treatment Team: A team that may consist of the unit program manager(s), psychiatrist or nurse practitioner, nurse, mental health specialist, MHSH custody manager, represented custody staff members and other designated staff. The purpose of this group is to:

(a) Assess the mental condition of inmates assigned to a mental health special housing unit;

(b) Establish and update treatment plans for these inmates, and

(c) Coordinate their discharge and mental health follow-up.

(13) Reasonable Grounds: Information that is of such credibility that it would induce a reasonably prudent person to use it in the conduct of their affairs.

(14) Serious Mental Illness: An inmate that, in the judgment of the department, because of a mental disorder is one or more of the following:

(a) Dangerous to self or others;

(b) Unable to provide for basic personal needs and would likely benefit from receiving additional care for the inmate's health or safety;

(c) Chronically mentally ill, as defined in ORS 426.495; or

(d) Will continue, to a reasonable medical probability, to physically or mentally deteriorate so to become a person described in (c) above unless treated.

(15) Special Population Management Committee (SPM): A committee that is composed of at least three department staff to include a representative from institution operations, Behavior Health Services, and the Office of Population Management.

(16) Treating Practitioner: Any Health Services employee who, by licensure, is authorized to prescribe treatment, including but not limited to, physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants.

Or. Admin. Code § 291-048-0210

CD 5-1981, f. & ef. 4-3-81; CD 15-1984, f. & ef. 7-20-84; CD 20-1984(Temp), f. & ef. 11-6-84; CD 4-1985, f. & ef. 5-16-85; CD 27-1985, f. & ef. 8-16-85; CD 19-1987, f. & ef. 3-5-87; CD 3-1996, f. 4-26-96, cert. ef. 5-1-96; DOC 2-1999(Temp), f. 1-27-99, cert. ef. 2-1-99 thru 7-30-99, Renumbered from 291-048-0010; DOC 10-1999, f. & cert. ef. 7-6-99; Renumbered from 291-048-0110 by DOC 18-2010(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 12-13-10 thru 6-11-11; Renumbered from 291-048-0110 by DOC 6-2011, f. 3-31-11, cert. ef. 4-1-11

Stat. Auth.: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075

Stats. Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075