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KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE:
MEDICAL ISOLATION PROTOCOLS
H-1500
EFFECTIVE:
REVIEWED:
REVISED:
UPDATED:
March 16, 2004
07-11-24
07-11-24
APPROVED BY:
Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE:
POLICY
To protect the health and safety of staff and other incarcerated people, the following
safety protocols have been established for incarcerated people who require medical
isolation. When an incarcerated person identified as requiring medical isolation is to be
received at a detentions facility, the necessary precautions will be enacted in advance
of the incarcerated person’s arrival. Such incarcerated people will be moved to medical
isolation housing as soon as possible.
Staff will take the necessary safety precautions whenever contact with a medically
isolated incarcerated person is necessary. Such incarcerated person will not be moved
from the assigned isolation cell unless authorized by the f