7-32-2222. Health and safety of prisoners. (1) Each detention center shall comply with state and local fire codes for correctional occupancy and with sanitation, safety, and health codes.
     (2) Designated exits must permit prompt evacuation of inmates and detention center staff in an emergency.
     (3) When there is good reason to believe that the inmates may be injured or endangered, the detention center administrator shall remove them to a safe and convenient place and confine them there as long as necessary to avoid the danger.
     (4) (a) If in the opinion of the detention center administrator an inmate under the administrator's jurisdiction requires medication, medical services, or hospitalization, the expense must be borne by the arresting agency when the arresting agency is not the county in which the inmate is confined, except as provided in 7-32-2245 or subsection (4)(b) of this section.
     (b) If a city or town commits a person to the detention center of the county in which the city or town is located for a reason other than detention pending trial for or detention for service of a sentence for violating an ordinance of that city or town, the expense must be paid by the county, except as provided in 7-32-2245. If the department of corrections is the arresting agency and the inmate is a probation violator, the expense must be paid by the county in which the district court that retains jurisdiction over the inmate is located, except as provided in 7-32-2245.
     (c) The county attorney shall initiate proceedings to collect from the inmate any charges arising from the medical services or hospitalization for the inmate involved in accordance with 7-32-2245.

     History: (1)En. Sec. 3032, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 9769, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 12478, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 1607; re-en. Sec. 12478, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2814, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 3033, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 9770, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 12479, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 1608; re-en. Sec. 12479, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 16-2815, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 3036, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 9773, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 12482, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 1611; re-en. Sec. 12482, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 179, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 203, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 420, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 435, L. 1973; Sec. 16-2818, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2814, 16-2815, 16-2818(part); amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 447, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 461, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 768, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 388, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 546, L. 1995.