STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
OFFICE OF CORRECTIONAL OPERATIONS-·
MCNEIL ISLAND CORRECTIONS CENTER
P.O. Box'88900 'Steilacoom, Washington 98388-0900' (253) 588-5281

ADl\1INISTRATIVE BULLETIN
July 30, 2001

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Alice Payne, Sup rin~

SUBJECT:

REVISION TO MICC 420.380 DRUG TESTING, SANCTIONS, AND TREATl\IIENT

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The following change to MICC 420.380 Drug Testing, Sanctions, and Treatment is effective immediately.
This change impacts requests for an extension oftime for drug testing inmates at MICC. This change will be
made to the field instruction at the next review.
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Extension of Time for Drug Testing
1.

All requests for extensions of time for drug testing shall be reviewed by the Utilization
Review Committee (URC). Each request must be reviewed to determine medical
need. Inmates may make more than one request.
a.

2.

Committee members shall evaluate the request and, based on clear
documented evidence of a medical condition, shall make a recommendation.
The written recommendation shall be sent to the inmate within 7 calendar days
of the meeting.

Process
a.

Health Care Manager 2 (HCM 2) receives a written request for an extension of
tinie for drug testing from an inmate.
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b.

HCM 2 notifies the URC Scheduler to place the extension of time request on
the agenda for the next URC meeting.

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c.

The URC members review the request and make recommendations.

d.

The HCM 2 prepares the written recommendation approving or denying the
request

1)

If the request for extension of time is approv~ the HeM 2 shall send
a copy of the written approval to the Superintendent A copy of the
extension approval is also placed in the inmate's Health Record.

2)

If the request for extension of time is denied, the HeM 2 shall send the
denial letter to the inmate. A copy of the denial letter is also
placed in the inmate's Health Record.

All approved extension of time requests shall be monitored ~d reviewed twice yearly
as a monitoring activity and as part of the Health Services Unit (HSU) Continuous
Quality Improvement (eQ!) process. The HCM 21designee shall report findings to the
cQr team twice yearly.