N.H. Admin. Code § Cor 410.07 - Medical Segregation
(a) Medical
segregation shall be imposed only by a doctor, licensed provider, or advance
practice registered nurse, hereinafter called the medical authority, who upon
examination of the resident has determined that it is necessary to separate him
or her from the general population because the resident might be contagious or
a threat to his or her self or others because of his or her medical or mental
condition.
(b) Medical segregation
shall be imposed only for as long as necessary to resolve the medical or
psychiatric concern. It shall occur in any housing facility within the
institution consistent with security requirements, and the medical needs of the
resident as determined by the medical authority. Items available to the
resident in the housing location shall be limited or restricted by the medical
authorities if necessary, pursuant to (g) below.
(c) Residents in medical segregation shall be
restricted from work or participating in recreation by the medical authority if
necessary, pursuant to (g) below. In each case the limitations associated with
that condition shall be specified and shall become part of the treatment folder
health record of the resident.
(d)
Residents held in medical segregation for psychological reasons shall visit
with the psychiatric providers or behavioral health counselor as determined by
the medical authority. Such visits shall be for the purpose of monitoring or
checking the resident, providing therapy and treatment, and determining on a
regular basis whether the status should continue. That determination shall be
made by the medical authority based on the authority's own examination and
reports from the healthcare staff.
(e) Upon initial examination and during the
period of medical segregation, the medical authority shall determine whether
referrals or transfers should be made to other facilities or medical or
psychiatric personnel.
(f) The
medical authority shall keep medical records regarding imposition of the
status, including recording the reasons for imposition of the status and what
referrals, if any, to outside facilities were sought. The medical condition
shall be regularly reviewed to insure that segregation is imposed only for the
period absolutely required for valid medical and psychiatric reasons. The
medical authority and the behavioral health staff or healthcare staff shall on
a regular basis keep progress notes and indicate the reason for continuation of
the status in the health record of the resident.
(g) A resident placed in medical segregation
shall retain all rights and privileges in consonance with the custody level of
the resident including all personal property and participation in programs,
unless the medical authority determines in his or her opinion that the exercise
of a particular right or privilege by the resident might jeopardize the medical
treatment that he or she is undergoing, in which case the medical authority
shall prescribe in writing a partial or total curtailment of such rights and
privileges.
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