(B) The sheriff who oversees a jail shall ensure that each | 19 |
health-trained personnel responsible for conducting medical, | 20 |
dental, or mental health screening under division (C) of this | 21 |
section is trained as to the symptoms, consequences, and treatment | 22 |
options of withdrawal from benzodiazepines, alcohol, and other | 23 |
addictive drugs prior to that health-trained personnel conducting | 24 |
a medical, dental, or mental health screening. The jail physician | 25 |
or physician servicing the jail shall ensure that adequate | 26 |
measures are in place to identify and treat inmates at risk of | 27 |
withdrawal from addictive drugs. | 28 |
(C)(1) Health-trained personnel shall perform a medical, | 29 |
dental, and mental health screening on each inmate upon arrival at | 30 |
the jail and shall record the findings of the screening. The | 31 |
screening shall include inquiry into the inmate's use of alcohol | 32 |
and drugs, including the type of alcohol or drug used, the | 33 |
frequency and amount used, the date or time of last use, and the | 34 |
history of any problems after ceasing use. | 35 |
(2) If the health-trained personnel discover that an inmate | 36 |
is
taking xanax, ativan, valium, or any other benzodiazepine, the | 37 |
health-trained personnel shall attempt to verify the prescription | 38 |
with the prescribing physician within twenty-four hours of the | 39 |
inmate being admitted to the jail. If the health-trained personnel | 40 |
are unable to verify the prescription in that time period, the | 41 |
health-trained personnel shall arrange for the inmate to meet with | 42 |
a psychiatrist within seventy-two hours of the inmate being | 43 |
admitted to the jail to ensure that, if the psychiatrist considers | 44 |
it necessary, the benzodiazepine is tapered off in a timely and | 45 |
clinically appropriate manner using appropriate, less addictive | 46 |
medication. If the health-trained personnel verify the | 47 |
prescription within twenty-four hours of the inmate being admitted | 48 |
to the jail, the jail physician or physician servicing the jail | 49 |
shall ensure that the benzodiazepine is tapered off in a timely | 50 |
and clinically appropriate manner using appropriate, less | 51 |
addictive medication. | 52 |