Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15 § 1265

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 41, October 11, 2024
Section 1265 - Issue of Personal Care Items

There shall be written policies and procedures developed by the facility administrator for the issue of personal hygiene items. Each menstruating person shall be provided with sanitary napkins, panty liners, and tampons as requested with no maximum allowance. Each person to be held over 24 hours who is unable to supply themself with the following personal care items, because of either indigency or the absence of a canteen, shall be issued:

(a) toothbrush,
(b) dentifrice,
(c) soap,
(d) comb, and
(e) shaving implements.

Personal care items shall be issued within the first 12 hours of housing assignment. Incarcerated persons shall not be required to share any personal care items listed in items "a" through "d."

Incarcerated people will not share disposable razors. Double edged safety razors, electric razors, and other shaving instruments capable of breaking the skin, when shared among incarcerated people, must be disinfected between individual uses by the method prescribed by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology in Sections 979 and 980, Division 9, Title 16, California Code of Regulations.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 1265

1. Amendment filed 9-30-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 40).
2. Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 32).
3. Amendment filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).
4. Amendment of last paragraph filed 6-2-2005; operative 7-2-2005 (Register 2005, No. 22).
5. Amendment of first paragraph filed 8-27-2019; operative 10-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 35).
6. Amendment filed 11-17-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 46).

Note: Authority cited: Section 6030, Penal Code. Reference: Section 6030, Penal Code.

1. Amendment filed 9-30-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 40).
2. Change without regulatory effect (Register 86, No. 32).
3. Amendment filed 8-4-94; operative 9-5-94 (Register 94, No. 31).
4. Amendment of last paragraph filed 6-2-2005; operative 7-2-2005 (Register 2005, No. 22).
5. Amendment of first paragraph filed 8-27-2019; operative 10/1/2019 (Register 2019, No. 35).
6. Amendment filed 11-17-2022; operative 1/1/2023 (Register 2022, No. 46).