CAN/HSO 34008:2024

Purpose This standard provides teams and leaders of correctional services with criteria and guidelines for delivering high-quality and safe care. This standard outlines requirements for key areas of focus, including: • client rights to care; • equity-based care; • physical health; • mental health and addictions care; • safety and public health practices; • virtual care; • palliative care; and • a healthy and competent workforce. Applicability This standard applies to teams and leaders of correctional services who provide health services to incarcerated people from intake to release. This standard sets requirements for high-quality and safe care provided to people aged 18 years and over sentenced to two years or more in a federal correctional facility, including facilities at all security levels and healing lodges operated by Correctional Service Canada. The content of this standard would also apply to municipal, provincial, and territorial correctional facilities with adaptation to reflect the population needs and accountability for service delivery under the Canada Health Act. Future work to apply this standard to other correctional settings may be guided by feedback received from municipal, provincial, and territorial interest holders.