Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

62080.5 Medical Inpatient

• Category “N”

  • Inmates with chronic medical illness requiring skilled nursing or intermediate level medical care are designated Category “N “. This program has licensed nursing staff on duty at all times and is provided at CMFCalifornia Medical Facility, CIMCalifornia Institution for Men, and CMCCalifornia Men's Colony-E. Female inmates requiring this level of service shall be transferred to a community hospital unless special arrangements can be made at the CIWCalifornia Institution for Women infirmary. This category is not for inmates in infirmaries undergoing short-term treatment of minor illness.