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A visitor who had already been approved to visit and later has a permanent or prosthetic device(s) installed shall be required to submit medical verification as prescribed in CCR Subsection 3173.2(d). Once accepted, this verification will be incorporated into SOMS and will only require update to coincide with changes to the visitor&#8217;s permanent implanted or prosthetic device(s).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The verification letter shall:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Be renewed at least every two years or coinciding with the requirement for updating visitor information.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Detail the specific location of the medical implant or prosthetic device in or on the body.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Detail the specific type of mobility impairment and verify the need for a wheelchair or assistive device.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Processing Visitors with Medical Implants or Prosthetic Devices <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Staff shall conduct an inspection of the prosthetic device to the extent possible without the removal of clothing. A hand-held contraband\/metal detection device shall be utilized to process visitors with medical implants.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Any required removal of prosthetic and medical implants for inspection will be done in private setting or area.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>If reasonable suspicion exists to believe that a visitor is attempting to introduce contraband or substances into or remove contraband out of the institution and the visitor has a medical implant, prosthetic device, or uses a wheelchair or assistive device(s), a search will be initiated in accordance with this Section. Licensed physician and\/or nursing staff of the same sex shall be present to assist with the unclothed body search consistent with the duties of their classification.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Processing Visitors with Wheelchairs or Mobility Assistive Devices <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"cdcr-dom-group-block\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The visitor shall be asked to temporarily transfer from his\/her personal wheelchair to an institutional wheelchair while an inspection of the visitor&#8217;s wheelchair is conducted.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Institution\/facility staff are not authorized to physically assist the visitor with the wheelchair transfer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hand-held contraband\/metal detection devices shall be used to process the visitor during the transfer from his\/her personal wheelchair to the designated wheelchair.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>If the visitor provides no written verification of impairment and\/or need for assistive device and\/or refuses to comply with the transfer, the visit shall be denied by the appropriate staff.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visitors who present letters signed by their physician, etc., which details a specific type of mobility impairment which precludes the wheelchair transfer or verifies the need for using battery-powered or custom designed wheelchairs, shall be exempt from the wheelchair transfer requirement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>When an institutional wheelchair is not available or the visitor is unable to transfer to another wheelchair, the visitor is exempt from the transfer requirement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"cdcr-dom-item-block\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visiting staff shall conduct a visual inspection of the wheelchair and hand-held contraband\/metal detection devices shall be used to process visitors deemed exempt from the wheelchair transfer requirement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t","protected":false},"parent":10476,"template":"","class_list":["post-10495","dom","type-dom","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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