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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 9TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDS
CHAPTER 259NEW CONSTRUCTION RULES
SUBCHAPTER HNEW LONG-TERM INCARCERATION DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING REQUIREMENTS
RULE §259.732Infirmary

An infirmary shall be provided with the following features and equipment:

  (1) nurses station;

  (2) locked medication station with storage for individually filled prescriptions;

  (3) utility room with sink and storage for linens and equipment;

  (4) refrigerated storage;

  (5) utility room with double tub sink and clinical service sink with flushing rim;

  (6) 80 gross square feet of floor space per bed;

  (7) at least one single occupancy negative pressure cell;

  (8) doors, through which patients and equipment are to be moved, of adequate width to allow turning of wheeled chairs and tables normally used in medical facilities;

  (9) a lavatory with a goose neck inlet and wrist controls accessible to each ward;

  (10) janitor closet;

  (11) toilet, lavatory, and shower for use of inmates in the infirmary;

  (12) additional elements as dictated by the facility health care director.


Source Note: The provisions of this §259.732 adopted to be effective April 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 2355

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