Rule 5120-17-03 | Transfer, transportation and conditions of participation.
(A) The bureau of community sanctions has the following responsibilities:
(1) Notify the bureau of records and institution designee concerning the status of each prisoner approved for transfer to the facility of a community treatment provider.
(2) Coordinate the transfer and transportation of the prisoner with the prison institution and the facility of the community treatment provider where the prisoner will be confined and receive treatment.
(3) In the event that a prisoner becomes ineligible for transfer to a community treatment provider due to newly discovered evidence, institutional disciplinary infractions subsequent to the transfer approval, victim input, or for any reason when the transfer would be contrary to law or when the transfer would be inconsistent with the purposes of the community-based substance use disorder treatment program, the bureau of community sanctions will notify the prisoner in writing that the prisoner will not be transferred and the reason(s) for the disapproval.
(B) The confining institution has the following responsibilities:
(1) After the prisoner is selected for transfer to the community-based substance use disorder treatment program and has satisfactorily completed any programming or treatment ordered by the department of rehabilitation and correction or the department of behavioral health, the institutional designee where the prisoner is confined reviews the prisoner's file to ensure that the prisoner has not received an additional sentence or has otherwise become ineligible for transfer pursuant to section 5120.035 of the Revised Code or Chapter 5120-17 of the Administrative Code.
(2) The warden's designee coordinates the following:
(a) Prisoners may bring clothing, toiletry articles, and a limited amount of personal property or the prisoner may dispose of this property in a manner approved by the managing officer of the confining institution.
(b) If the prisoner is taking any prescription medication, the prisoner will be examined by the institution physician to determine whether the prisoner will need medication during the pendency of the prisoner's transfer. If so, the physician will make appropriate arrangements to provide medications according to department policy.
(c) Prisoners on the mental health caseload who receive medication will be transferred to a community treatment provider and receive medications and required follow-up appointments according to department policy.
(d) Any funds accumulated in the prisoner's institution account or due to the prisoner upon release are released to the prisoner or forwarded to the facility of the treatment provider in which the prisoner will be confined to be deposited in the prisoner account maintained by the community treatment provider.
(e) Any additional information which is relevant to the health of the prisoner or to others housed with the prisoner, such as contagious viruses or diseases contracted by the prisoner, are reported to the bureau of community sanctions designee prior to transfer of the prisoner.
(f) Prisoners transferred to transitional control remain in inmate status but will be subject to the supervision of the community treatment provider.
(C) Prisoners transferred to the facility of a community treatment provider who fail to return to the facility as designated, or whose deviation from the terms of release constitute a substantial risk of failure to return as designated, may be declared to be a violator at large. The time between the declaration that the prisoner is a violator at large and the prisoner's subsequent return to an Ohio correctional facility is not credited toward the completion of the prisoner's prison term, but all other time in the treatment program is credited.
(D) The prisoner will abide by all of the department of rehabilitation and correction treatment transfer rules of participation and the rules, regulations, and conditions established by the community treatment provider . The prisoner will receive a written copy of the treatment program's rules, regulations, and conditions of participation in the program. The prisoner acknowledges receipt of the program's rules, regulations and conditions by signing a copy. The rules, regulations, and conditions will include that the prisoner, the prisoner's room, and prisoner's property are subject to search at any time by employees of the treatment provider or officers of the adult parole authority.
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