83 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 8, § 016

Current through September 17, 2024

Section 83-8-016 - Strip and Body Cavity Searches

All strip and body cavity searches shall be conducted in private and in a manner which preserves the dignity of the juvenile to the greatest extent possible and under sanitary conditions. All strip searches shall be conducted by facility employees of the same sex as the juvenile or by the facility physician or medical personnel. Body cavity searches shall be conducted only by the facility physician or by medical personnel. No persons of the opposite sex of the juvenile, other than the facility physician or medical personnel when such is the case, shall be present during strip or body cavity searches. In all strip or body cavity searches, there shall be at least two staff persons present.

016.01 All Strip searches and body cavity searches shall be documented as prescribed in Chapter 15-004.07. Documentation of strip and body cavity searches shall be maintained in facility files and in the juvenile's file.