Each facility shall have and implement a written plan, approved by the Commission, for inmate medical, mental, and dental services. The plan shall:

1. (1) provide procedures for regularly scheduled sick calls;
2. (2) provide procedures for referral for medical, mental, and dental services;
3. (3) provide procedures for efficient and prompt care for acute and emergency situations;
4. (4) provide procedures for long-term, convalescent, and care necessary for disabled inmates;
5. (5) provide procedures for the control, distribution, secured storage, inventory, and disposal of prescriptions, syringes, needles, and hazardous waste containers;
6. (6) provide procedures for the distribution of prescriptions in accordance with written instructions from a physician by an appropriate person designated by the sheriff/operator;
7. (7) provide procedures for the control, distribution, and secured storage of over-the-counter medications;
8. (8) provide procedures for the rights of inmates to refuse health care in accordance with informed consent standards for certain treatments and procedures (in the case of minors, the informed consent of a parent, guardian, or legal custodian, when required, shall be sufficient);
9. (9) provide procedures for all examinations, treatments, and other procedures to be performed in a reasonable and dignified manner and place; and
10. (10) provide that adequate first aid equipment and patient evacuation equipment be on hand at all times.

Source Note:The provisions of this §273.2 adopted to be effective December 20, 1994, 19 TexReg 9650.