N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 7651.28

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 24, June 12, 2024
Section 7651.28 - Inmate health care workers
(a) The department shall require that every inmate health care worker, inmate nurses' aide or inmate dental assistant satisfactorily complete training necessary to carry out the duties assigned.
(b) The department shall prohibit employment of inmate health care workers, inmate nurses' aides or inmate dental assistants to perform the following duties:
(1) performing direct patient care services for which they are not trained;
(2) performing dental chairside assistance unless trained;
(3) operating equipment for which they are not trained;
(4) scheduling health care appointments;
(5) determining other inmates' access to health care services; and
(6) handling or having access to surgical instruments, syringes, needles, prescription medications and medical, mental health or dental records.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7651.28

Renumbered from subtitle AA of chapter V New York State Register April 11, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 15, eff. 4/11/2018