Or. Admin. Code § 291-076-0020 - Definitions

(1) Behavioral Health Services (BHS): A unit of ODOC Health Services with primary responsibility for the assessment and treatment of inmates with mental illness and developmental disabilities.

(2) Mental Health Provider: Any person employed by the Department or engaged by contract with the Department for the explicit purpose of providing mental health services.

(3) Suicide Assessment: A brief but formal assessment of mental status conducted by a mental health provider or a registered nurse in consultation with a mental health provider, concluding with a judged level of suicidal risk.

(4) Suicide Attempt: Any self-injury requiring significant medical intervention as determined by a mental health provider

(5) Suicide Close Observation: In moderate risk situations, unobstructed visual observation of the inmate is required at staggered intervals, not to exceed 15 minutes, with recorded observation within each 15 minute interval.

(6) Suicide Warning Signs: The following list provides some of the indicators of suicide potential:

(a) Talk of suicide, threats of suicide;

(b) Extreme sadness or crying;

(c) Apathy, loss of interest in all or almost all people and activities;

(d) Loss of appetite or weight;

(e) Walking or completing tasks at an unusually slow speed;

(f) Difficulty concentrating or thinking;

(g) Sleep disturbances;

(h) Emotional flatness; seems numb, non-reactive;

(i) Difficulty carrying out routine tasks; e.g., eating, dressing, etc.;

(j) Tension and agitation; inability to relax or sit still, pacing, hand wringing;

(k) Withdrawal, silent, uncommunicative;

(l) Pessimistic attitude about the future;

(m) Emotional outbursts, sudden expression of anger for no apparent reason; or

(n) Feeling of hopelessness and helplessness.

(7) Suicide Watch: In high risk situations, continuous and unobstructed one-to-one view of the inmate is required at all times with recorded observation within each 15-minute interval.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 291-076-0020

CD 4-1997, f. & cert. ef. 2-12-97; DOC 23-2000, f. & cert. ef. 11-6-00; DOC 20-2008, f. & cert. ef. 8-14-08

Stat. Auth.: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075

Stats. Implemented: ORS 179.040, 423.020, 423.030 & 423.075