North Carolina § 143B-707 - 6. Medication losses related to inmate transfer.

§ 143B-707. 6. Medication losses related to inmate transfer.

The Health Services Section shall collect data on medication losses that occur during inmate transfer. The collection methods shall provide, at a minimum, for all of the following: A mechanism to easily summarize medication losses across all identified reasons for the loss. Information on the prison from which an inmate was transferred. Identification of custody officials involved in the transfer. The Department shall develop internal controls related to the oversight of medications lost during inmate transfers based on the data collected under subsection (a) of this section. In addition, the Department's Internal Audit unit shall establish an internal oversight function to investigate any medication losses valued at greater than two hundred dollars ($200.00). The Department shall also establish disciplinary actions for staff who are found to be responsible for inmate medication losses during transfer. The Health Services Section shall be responsible for addressing disciplinary actions for DPS Health Services prison staff who are found to be responsible for medications lost during inmate transfers and shall refer incidents involving custody staff to the appropriate unit for action. History (2018-143, s. 3(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2018-143, s. 3(b), provides: "DPS shall initiate an internal audit of its processes for transporting medications during inmate transfer. The audit shall examine all medication losses incurred during Fiscal Year 2018 2019 and shall include recommendations to improve controls and promote accountability for medication losses. DPS shall submit the audit to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety by December 1, 2019."