Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: EMERGENCY/COURT ORDERED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS H-1150
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
August 1, 2013 07-11-24 07-11-24
APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE: California Penal Code Sections 1368, 1369, 1369.1, 1370, 1370.01,
2603-2603 (et. Seq.) Title 15, California Code of Regulations,
Sections 1214, 1217, 1209; Kern County Board of Supervisors
action – August 7, 2012
POLICY
As designated by the Kern County Board of Supervisors, all Type II Kern County jail facilities,
as defined in Title 15, are designated as "treatment facilities" to provide medically approved
medication to incarcerated persons found to be mentally incompetent and unable to provide
informed consent due to a mental disorder, pursuant to the provisions of California Penal
Code Section 1369.1.
Correctional Behavioral Health personnel are authorized to administer psychiatric
medication to incarcerated persons in emergency circumstances.