37 Tex. Admin. Code § 273.4 - Health Records
(a) The health
services plan shall include procedures for the maintenance of a separate health
record on each inmate. The record shall include a health screening procedure
administered by health personnel or by a trained booking officer upon the
admission of the inmate to the facility and shall cover, but shall not be
limited to, the following items:
(1) health
history;
(2) current illnesses
(prescriptions, special diets, and therapy);
(3) known pregnancy;
(4) current medical, mental, and dental care
and treatment;
(5) behavioral
observation, including state of consciousness and mental status;
(6) inventory of body deformities, ease of
movement, markings, condition of body orifices, and presence of lice and
vermin.
(b) Separate
health records shall reflect all subsequent findings, diagnoses, treatment,
disposition, special housing assignments, medical isolation, distribution of
medications, and the name of any institution to which the inmate's health
record has been released.
(c) The
Texas Uniform Health Status Update form, in the format prescribed by the
Commission, shall be completed and forwarded to the receiving criminal justice
entity at the time an inmate is transferred or released from custody.
(d) Each facility shall report to the
Department of State Health Services (DSHS) the release of an inmate who is
receiving treatment for tuberculosis in accordance with DSHS
Guidelines.
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(a) The health services plan shall include procedures for the maintenance of a separate health record on each inmate. The record shall include a health screening procedure administered by health personnel or by a trained booking officer upon the admission of the inmate to the facility and shall cover, but shall not be limited to, the following items:
(1) health history;
(2) current illnesses (prescriptions, special diets, and therapy);
(3) known pregnancy;
(4) current medical, mental, and dental care and treatment;
(5) behavioral observation, including state of consciousness and mental status;
(6) inventory of body deformities, ease of movement, markings, condition of body orifices, and presence of lice and vermin.
(b) Separate health records shall reflect all subsequent findings, diagnoses, treatment, disposition, special housing assignments, medical isolation, distribution of medications, and the name of any institution to which the inmate's health record has been released.
(c) The Texas Uniform Health Status Update form, in the format prescribed by the Commission , shall be completed and forwarded to the receiving criminal justice entity at the time an inmate is transferred or released from custody.
(d) Each facility shall report to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) the release of an inmate who is receiving treatment for tuberculosis in accordance with DSHS Guidelines.