(b) Subject to the following requirements, a provider may choose to screen patients by establishing written policies and procedures provided to each patient at admission. Such policies may include the following:

1. (1) Routine screens of patients at admission or when returning to the service are permitted. Routine screening does not involve any physical contact between patient and staff; consent for routine screening may be requested by a program and granted upon admission.
2. (2) Screens of a patient's room or a patient's belongings may be conducted at any time with reasonable cause; consent for room screening may be requested by a program and granted upon admission.

(c) Under extenuating circumstances, a provider may elect to conduct a body cavity search of a patient. Such a search must be:

1. (1) based upon a good faith suspicion that the patient is harboring contraband;
2. (2) authorized by the program director;
3. (3) at the consent of the patient; and
4. (4) conducted only by a member of the provider's medical staff. If the provider does not employ medical staff, the provider must utilize a physician, nurse practitioner, registered physician's assistant, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse to conduct the search.