TITLE 20

STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS

CHAPTER 2

STATE BOARD OF CORRECTION

20-243.  Delivery of convicted person to penitentiary or board — Copy of commitment — Receipt for delivery of prisoner. When any convicted person is delivered to the penitentiary or to the custody of the board of correction, the officer having the prisoner in charge shall deliver to the state board of correction or such official, as the board may designate:

(1)  A certified copy of the commitment received by such officer from the clerk of the court where the convicted person was tried, and such certified copy of the commitment shall be evidence of the fact therein contained;

(2)  A copy or summary of such medical records of the prisoner as may have been prepared or received by the agency or institution from whose custody the prisoner is being delivered, including at least a written report of any suicide attempts, abnormal behavior, seizures or other significant facts affecting the prisoner’s medical condition which were observed during his confinement prior to the delivery;

(3)  All unused portions of medications prescribed to the prisoner while in custody and any legitimate prescription medication in the prisoner’s possession when taken into custody;

and shall take from such official a certificate of the delivery of such convicted person.

History:

[20-243, added 1947, ch. 53, sec. 43, p. 59; am. 1970, ch. 143, sec. 14, p. 425; am. 1982, ch. 98, sec. 1, p. 277.]