(a) Policy. Medication shall not be used solely as a method of restraint or means of control, but only as one facet of a treatment plan (as defined in 40 RCNY § 2-04(c)(3)).
(b) Procedures.
(1) The Department of Health, with the approval of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services shall develop and implement procedures governing the prescription, dispensing, administration and review of medication:
(i) medication for mental and emotional disorders is to be prescribed only by a psychiatrist, except in an emergency when a physician other than a psychiatrist may prescribe medication for mental and emotional disorders. Such a prescription must be reviewed by a psychiatrist within twenty-four hours;
(ii) except in an emergency, medication for mental and emotional disorders may not be prescribed to an inmate unless that inmate has had a physical examination including a detailed clinical history within the previous six months; in all cases the prescribing physician must first review the medical chart and all other medicine the inmate is receiving;
(iii) medication is to be administered only by appropriately trained medical or health services personnel.
(2) Psychotropic medication shall be dispensed only when clinically indicated, consistent with the treatment plan:
(i) all prescriptions for psychotropic medication must include a stop order; no prescription for psychotropic medication shall be valid for longer than two weeks;
(ii) every inmate receiving psychotropic medication shall be seen and evaluated by the prescribing psychiatrist, or, in cases of emergency when a physician other than a psychiatrist prescribes medication under 40 RCNY § 2-05(b)(1)(i) by the reviewing psychiatrist, at least once a week until stabilized and thereafter at least every two weeks by medical personnel;
(iii) female inmates who are prescribed psychotropic medication shall be informed of the potential risk of taking such drugs while pregnant and shall be given the opportunity to be tested for pregnancy.
(c) Pharmacy.
(1) When stock medications are maintained within a correctional facility, the agency providing medical services shall develop and maintain a formulary of medications stored in that facility.
(2) The Departments of Health and Correction shall develop and implement a written policy to provide for the maximum security storage and weekly inventory of all controlled substances, syringes, needles and surgical instruments:
(i) "controlled substances" are defined as those so listed by the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice;
(ii) written notice of this policy shall be given to all staff with potential access to any controlled substances or items under maximum security storage.
(d) Research. Biomedical or behavioral research involving any inmate in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction is prohibited, except insofar as it meets the requirements for approval of research which is subject to the Department of Health and Human Services' regulations, and in addition, has the approval of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services.