RS 15:751 State division of health standards required

PART II.  BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE

REGULATIONS FOR PRISONS

§751.  State division of health standards required

All jails, prisons, lockups and camps and all facilities, units and rooms of such jails, prisons, lockups and camps where prisoners are detained or confined must meet standards of health and decency which shall be established by the state division of health.  The director of the Department of Corrections shall confer with the state health officer or his duly authorized representative concerning the establishment of such standards for all correctional institutions.  The state health officer or his duly authorized representative shall periodically inspect all correctional institutions to determine if such institutions are in compliance with the established standards and he shall prepare and issue a report on his findings to the governor, the state hospital director and the administrators of the various institutions.  

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 388, §1; Acts 1974, No. 600, §1.