Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54020.17 Visitor Medication

• Visitors may retain only life-sustaining, condition-stabilizing medication with the prescribing physician’s written statement of its immediate need, and only in the physician’s prescribed amount immediately required to sustain or stabilize the condition during the visit.

• The physician’s written statement shall include the physician’s medical license number, address, and phone number.

• All medication shall be in its original pharmacy container with the patient’s name, pharmacy, name of medication, prescribed dosage, and the physician’s name indicated on the container’s label.