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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 12.14.05.03" title_num="12" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="05" heading="Standards—Inmate Food Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The managing official shall have a written policy and procedure:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Requiring that a menu be approved annually by a registered dietitian;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Ensuring that three meals a day are served, with not more than a 14-hour interval between the evening meal and breakfast;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ensuring that the food service operation is currently licensed and meets State sanitation and health regulations, with this being verified by inspection as required by the health department;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Ensuring that an individual involved in the preparation and handling of food complies with health department regulations regarding personal hygiene and clothing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Ensuring that staff and inmates involved in the preparation and handling of food receive medical screening by qualified health care professionals before assignment, and annually after that;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Ensuring that personnel continuously supervise the food service operation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Requiring weekly sanitation inspections of food preparation, food storage, food service, and dining areas; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Governing the availability, control, storage, and use of kitchen utensils, which includes provisions for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Secure storage outside inmate living and activity areas,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Daily inventory to ensure accountability,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Quarterly inspection to determine condition,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A record of issue and return,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Specification of individuals authorized access and use, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>A current master listing.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The managing official shall provide for a written policy and procedure authorizing special diets as prescribed by qualified health care personnel and as necessary to adhere to the mandatory requirements of recognized faiths.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The managing official shall have a written policy which prohibits the use of food as punishment or reward.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>