OAC 310:670-1-2
Definitions
Cite as Okla. Admin. Code § 310:670-1-2
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the
following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"ACA" means American Correctional Association.
"Available" means that the subject individual is either on site or on
the premises.
"Bodily search" means any invasive examination by hand of an inmate's
person or clothing. Bodily searches do not include "pat-downs."
"Central control" means the central point within the facility where
security activities are monitored and controlled.
"Contraband" means anything not authorized to be in an inmate's
possession.
"Dayroom" means space for activities that is situated immediately
adjacent to the inmates' sleeping area and separated from the sleeping
area by a wall.
"Department" means Oklahoma State Department of Health.
"Detention facility" means a facility that may hold a person for an
indefinite period of time.
"Detention Officer" means a person whose training, education and/or
experience specifically qualifies him or her to perform the duties
indicated in the job description and the jail standards, or a person who
holds a certification accorded pursuant to 70 O.S. Section 3311. The
individual performing the duties must be trained in appropriate laws,
codes, standards, policies and procedures.
"Direct contact with inmates" means contact between Detention Officers
and inmates in inmate living areas.
"Direct supervision" means the Detention Officer is in direct contact
with inmates and is in a position to constantly monitor behaviors and
interact with inmates.
"Emergency care" means medical or surgical care necessary to treat the
sudden onset of a potentially life- or limb-threatening condition or
symptom [57 O.S. § 38.3(A)(1)].
"Facility administrator" means sheriff, police chief, city manager,
private contractor or a designee thereof charged with maintaining and
operating a lockup facility, or detention facility.
"Grievance" means a circumstance or action considered unjust.
"Holding facility" means a facility that shall hold persons under arrest
who are charged with a crime no longer than twelve (12) hours [74 O.S. §
192(B)].
"Hot meal" means a measure of food served and eaten at one sitting
prepared in accordance with and served at a palatable temperature range
of 110º - 120º F. (43.3º – 48.8º C.).
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"Indigent inmate" means an inmate who has a total receipt of or a
balance of less than $15.00 from the first day through the last of the
preceding month.
"Inmate" means any individual, whether in pretrial, sentenced or un-
sentenced status who is confined in a detention facility.
"Juvenile" means a person who is subject solely to the jurisdiction of
a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions of Title 10A O.S. §
2-5-205 or 10A O.S. § 2-5-206 (relating to classification as a youthful
offender as defined at 10A O.S. § 2-5-202).
"Last locked/secure door" means the last secure barrier between staff
and the inmate.
"Life endangering situations" means a suicide attempt, or obvious
serious injury or illness, which in the evaluation of the staff requires
an immediate response.
"Life threatening" means a situation in which life saving measures are
taken.
"Living area" means those areas of a facility utilized for the day-to-
day housing and activities of inmates. These areas do not include reception
and release areas and special use cells such as sobering, safety, and
holding or staging cells normally located in receiving areas.
"Lockup facility" means a facility that may hold a person no longer
than ten (10) days. It is usually operated by a town or city for the
temporary detention of persons awaiting arraignment. Persons who need to
be detained longer than ten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention
facility.
"New construction" means a facility with final plans approved after
January 1, 1992.
"Non-secure areas" means those areas where a youth or juvenile is in
the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to leave or depart from
the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth or juvenile is not detained
in a facility which limits movement.
"On site" means a Detention Officer being physically present within the
detention facility.
"On the premises" means a Detention Officer being physically present
within the structure incorporating the detention facility, or within a
building or structure sharing the same realty or located on realty that
is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure incorporating the
detention facility is located, provided that such remote building or
structure is not located farther than 500 feet from the detention facility.
"Pat-down" means a noninvasive search of an inmate by hand performed
by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the clothing covering the legs
and torso.
"Physician or other licensed medical personnel" means a psychiatrist,
medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician's assistant, registered
nurse, licensed practical nurse, emergency medical technician at the
paramedic level or clinical nurse specialist [57 O.S. § 4.1(3)].
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"Sensitive functions and procedures" means any bodily search or the
visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate to partially or
fully disrobe.
"Sight check" means when a Detention Officer physically observes an
inmate.
"Sight contact" means clear visibility within close proximity.
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"Sound contact" means direct oral communication.
"Substantial remodeling" means the cost to repair/replace is at least
fifty (50) percent of the cost to replace the facility.
"Sustained contact" means sight or sound contact that is not brief and
inadvertent.