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Chapter 6 – Adult Classification

Article 12 – Treatment Categories

Revised October 31, 1990

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62080.6 Medical Outpatient

  • Category “O”

    • Inmates who have recurrent, contagious, chronic, or other medical problems that do not require inpatient care but do require frequent outpatient diagnostic, treatment and/or rehabilitation services shall be designated Category “O”. This category includes those inmates on dialysis or unusual diets and those requiring treatment and who are wheelchair-bound or blind.

    • This category is provided at the acute general hospitals at CMFCalifornia Medical Facility, CIMCalifornia Institution for Men, CMCCalifornia Men's Colony-E, and the CIWCalifornia Institution for Women infirmary. Inmates unable to climb stairs shall not be transferred to CMCCalifornia Men's Colony-E.