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Policy 908Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Prescribed Therapeutic Diets - 1Prescribed Therapeutic Diets 908.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE The purpose of this policy is to ensure that incarcerated persons who require prescribed therapeutic diets as a result of a diagnosed medical condition are provided with nutritionally balanced therapeutic meals that are medically approved and meet nutritional and safety standards. 908.2 POLICY It is the policy of this department to provide therapeutic diet meals as prescribed by qualified health care professionals. 908.3 PROCEDURES The Responsible Physician, in consultation with the food services manager, shall (15 CCR 1248): (a)Develop written procedures that identify individuals who are authorized to prescribe a therapeutic diet. (b)The therapeutic diets utilized by this facility shall be planned, prepared, and served with consultation from a registered dietitian. (c)The Jail Administrator shall comply with any therapeutic diet prescribed for an incarcerated person. (d)The Jail Administrator and the Responsible Physician shall ensure that the diet manual, which includes sample menus of therapeutic diets, shall be available to both the health services and food services workers. A registered dietitian shall review, and the Responsible Physician shall approve, the diet manual on an annual basis. Pregnant or lactating incarcerated persons shall be provided a balanced, nutritious diet approved by a physician (15 CCR 1248). 908.4 STAFF COMMUNICATION/COORDINATION A daily list of all incarcerated persons who are prescribed therapeutic diets shall be generated and contain the following information: (a)Incarcerated person's name (b)Incarcerated person's identification number (c)Housing location or dining location where the meals will be delivered (d)Incarcerated person's therapeutic diet type (e)Special remarks or instructions Santa Ana Police Department Custody Manual Prescribed Therapeutic Diets Copyright Lexipol, LLC 2025/05/23, All Rights Reserved. Published with permission by Santa Ana Police Department***DRAFT*** Prescribed Therapeutic Diets - 2908.5 PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS The Food Services Manager or the authorized designee is responsible for reviewing the therapeutic diet lists prepared by the Responsible Physician, counting the number and type of therapeutic meals to be served, and preparing the food according to the therapeutic menu designed by the registered dietitian. Therapeutic diets may include snacks and oral supplements. Snacks and supplements should be distributed with regularly scheduled meal service or may be distributed with medications. Individual labels or written documents containing the following information should be prepared by the kitchen, clearly identifying each meal and any included snacks: (a)Incarcerated person's name (b)Incarcerated person's identification number (c)Housing location or dining location where the meals will be delivered (d)Incarcerated person's therapeutic diet type Custody staff responsible for meal distribution shall ensure any incarcerated person who has been prescribed a therapeutic meal by the Responsible Physician or the authorized designee receives the prescribed therapeutic meal. Unless a therapeutic diet was prescribed with a specific end date, only the Responsible Physician or the authorized designee may order a therapeutic diet be discontinued. Incarcerated persons who are receiving therapeutic diets must receive clearance from the Responsible Physician before they may receive a religious diet meal. If prescribed by the Responsible Physician, supplemental food shall be served to incarcerated persons more frequently than the regularly scheduled meals. An incarcerated person who misses a regularly scheduled meal shall receive the prescribed meal.