Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54020.33.17 Family Visitor Medication

• Medication shall be retained in a secure location by designated staff. Verification of the need to possess medication shall be provided by a physician’s statement.

• 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. Female visitors may retain their birth control pills.

• Other required medications shall be distributed to the visitor at prescribed times by staff designated by the institution.

• Any unauthorized items may be secured in a visiting locker and retrieved at the conclusion of the visit.