Section 3999.208 - Reading Glasses(a) Patients shall be allowed to acquire one pair of approved reading glasses every 12 months through the inmate canteen services system process without cost to the patient or a need for a health care providers' prescription. A replacement pair of reading glasses shall be provided at no cost if loss or damage was not the fault of the patient.(b) An eye chart shall be available next to the canteen to allow patients to self-identify which strength of reading glasses is most suitable. (1) Patients in a restricted housing unit (e.g., Administrative Segregation Unit, Security Housing Unit, Psychiatric Services Unit, Mental Health Crisis Bed, Psychiatric Inpatient Program, etc.) can request an eye chart from their respective housing unit custody staff to self-identify which strength of reading glasses is most suitable and it shall be provided.(c) Patients in the Reception Center shall have access to reading glasses through the canteen within 30 calendar days of arrival.(d) Patients unable to receive their reading glasses during the first scheduled draw shall be allowed to receive their reading glasses during canteen open line of the current month. (1) If a patient loses canteen privileges as the result of a disciplinary hearing, the patient shall not be excluded from obtaining reading glasses.(e) Reading glasses shall be considered a portion of each patient's personal property and shall not be exempted from the property quantity and volume restrictions as specified in the Authorized Personal Property Schedule.(f) If a licensed health care clinician determines that a specific patient does not possess the ability to utilize reading glasses safely, the patient shall be restricted from access to any reading glasses deemed unsafe in their professional opinion.(g) Custody staff shall not confiscate reading glasses within the allowable limitations, as specified in the Authorized Personal Property Schedule, without a legitimate custodial safety and security concern, which shall be documented in the Strategic Offender Management System, and supported by a guilty finding in a disciplinary hearing for a rule violation involving the misuse of reading glasses.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3999.208
1. Renumbering of former section 3999.396 to new section 3999.208, including amendment of section, filed 5-31-2023; operative 7-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 22). Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Section 5054, Penal Code; Armstrong Remedial Plan. Armstrong v. Newsom (No. C94-2307 CW), U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; and Plata v. Newsom (No. C01-1351 JST), U.S. District Court, Northern District of California.
1. Renumbering of former section 3999.396 to new section 3999.208, including amendment of section, filed 5-31-2023; operative 7/1/2023 (Register 2023, No. 22).