As used in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act: 1. “Available” means that the subject individual is either on site or on the premises; 2. “Barrack-style” means a single designated space within a detention facility for the purpose of housing three or more inmates; 3. “Bodily search” means any invasive examination by hand of an inmate or clothing of an inmate. Bodily searches shall not include pat-downs; 4. “Central control” means the central point within the facility where security activities are monitored and controlled; 5. “Contraband” means anything not authorized to be in the possession of an inmate; 6. “Dayroom” means a space for activities that is situated immediately adjacent to the sleeping area of inmates and is separated from the sleeping area by a wall; 7. “Department” means the State Department of Health; 8. “Detention facility” means a facility that may hold a person for an indefinite period of time including, but not limited to, a city or county jail; 9. “Detention officer” means a person whose training, education, or experience specifically qualifies him or her to perform the duties indicated in the job description and the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act or a person who holds a certification accorded pursuant to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The individual performing the duties shall be trained in appropriate laws, codes, standards, policies, and procedures; 10. “Direct supervision” means the detention officer is in direct contact with inmates and is in a position to constantly monitor behaviors and interact with inmates; 11. “Emergency care” means medical or surgical care necessary to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life-threatening or limb- threatening condition; 12. “Facility administrator” means a sheriff, police chief, city manager, private contractor, or a designee thereof, charged with maintaining and operating a lockup facility or detention facility; 13. “Fixed sleeping surface” refers to a stationary or installed bed or slab designed to support a mattress or some other comparable padding on which an inmate can lie down off of the floor; 14. “Grievance” means a circumstance or action considered unjust; 15. “Holding facility” means a facility that shall hold persons under arrest who are charged with a crime for a period of no longer than twelve (12) hours; 16. “Hot meal” means a measure of food served and eaten at one sitting, prepared and served at a palatable temperature range of one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit (110° F) to one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120° F); 17. “Inmate” means any individual, whether in pretrial, sentenced, or unsentenced status, who is confined in a detention facility; 18. “Juvenile” means a person who is subject solely to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions of Section 2-5-205 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes; 19. “Last locked/secure door” means the last secure barrier between staff and an inmate; 20. “Life-endangering situation” includes, but is not limited to, a suicide attempt or obvious serious injury or illness, which in the evaluation of the staff requires an immediate response; 21. “Life-threatening” means a situation in which life-saving measures are taken; 22. “Living area” means those areas of a detention facility utilized for the day-to-day housing and activities of inmates. These areas do not include reception and release areas and special- use cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells normally located in receiving areas; 23. “Lockup facility” means a facility that may hold a person no longer than ten (10) days. Such a facility may be operated by a municipality for the temporary detention of persons awaiting arraignment. Persons who require detention for a period longer than ten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention facility; 24. “Nonsecure areas” means those areas where a youth or juvenile is in the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to leave or depart from the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth or juvenile is not detained in a facility which limits movement; 25. “On site” means a detention officer is physically present within the detention facility; 26. “On the premises” means a detention officer is physically present within the structure incorporating the detention facility, or within a building or structure sharing the same realty or located on realty that is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure incorporating the detention facility is located, provided that such remote building or structure is not located farther than five hundred (500) feet from the detention facility; 27. “Pat-down” means a noninvasive search of an inmate by hand performed by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the clothing covering the legs and torso; 28. “Physician or other licensed medical personnel” means a psychiatrist, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), emergency medical technician at the paramedic level, or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS); 29. “Sensitive functions and procedures” means any bodily search or the visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate to partially or fully disrobe; 30. “Safety check” means direct, visual observation performed at random intervals within time frames prescribed in the regulations pursuant to this act to provide for the health and welfare of inmates; 31. “Sight contact” means clear visibility within close proximity; 32. “Sound contact” means direct oral communication; 33. “Substantial remodeling” means remodeling for which the cost to repair is at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost to replace the facility; 34. “Sustained contact” means sight or sound contact that is not brief and inadvertent; 35. “Temporary sleeping surface” means any appropriate item used in overcrowding situations on which an inmate can lie down and be kept off of the floor on an interim basis; 36. “Waiver” is a long-term deviation from a standard in extenuating circumstances which are not likely to be overcome in a reasonable period of time; and 37. “Variance” is a temporary deviation from a standard in extenuating circumstances which can be overcome in a reasonable period of time.
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