Health Assessments. The State shall ensure that all inmates receive timely medical and mental health assessments. Upon intake, the State shall ensure that a medical professional identifies those persons who have chronic illness. Those persons with chronic illness shall receive a full health assessment within seven (7) days of intake, depending on their physical condition. Persons without chronic illness should receive a full health assessment within fourteen (14) days of intake. The State will ensure that inmates with chronic illnesses will be tracked in a standardized fashion. A readmitted inmate or an inmate transferred from another facility who has received a documented full health assessment within the previous twelve (12) months, and whose receiving screening shows no change in health status, need not receive a new full medical and mental health assessment. For such inmates, medical staff and mental health professionals shall review prior records and update tests and examinations as needed.
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Health Assessments. The State shall ensure that all inmates receive timely medical and mental health assessments. Upon intake, the State shall ensure that a medical professional identifies those persons who have chronic illness. Those persons with chronic illness shall receive a full health assessment within between one (1) and seven (7) days of intake, depending on their physical condition. Persons without chronic illness should receive a full health assessment within fourteen (14) days of intake. The State will ensure that inmates with chronic illnesses will be tracked in a standardized fashion. A readmitted re- admitted inmate or an inmate transferred from another facility who has received a documented full health assessment within the previous twelve (12) months, and whose receiving screening shows no change in health status, need not receive a new full medical and mental health assessment. For such inmates, medical staff and mental health professionals shall review prior records and update tests and examinations as needed.
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