Correctional health care involves numerous legal challenges for security and health care staff. This presentation highlights several risks, including: the litigious nature of the patient population and state and federal guarantees to adequate care; complications accessing outside-the-walls care for correctional patients; medication assisted treatment initiatives and laws; and court orders driving certain areas of specialty care including gender dysphoria, hepatitis C, and long-term care accommodations.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain state and federal laws governing correctional health care and how to reduce the risk of claims
• Examine the current trends impacting access to specialty care
• Discuss the role the courts have played in shaping treatment trends in MAT, hepatitis C, elderly care, and gender dysphoria