(a) Contraband must not enter the Secured Treatment Area, or patient living areas, without written authority from the executive director, or designee, or hospital police chief.

(b) All persons entering the Secured Treatment Area, visiting centers, and patient living areas are subject to searches of their person using tools and methods including, but not limited to, metal detectors or metal detector wands, canine-sniffs, x-ray devices, cell phone detecting devices, devices to detect controlled substances, and pat-down searches.

(c) The property of all persons entering the Secured Treatment Area, visiting centers, and patient living areas are subject to searches, both visually and physically, using tools and methods including, but not limited to, the removal of hats, shoes, jewelry, jackets or coats for inspection; inspection of purses, bags, lunch boxes, and containers; the use of canine-sniffs, x-ray devices, cell phone detecting devices, devices to detect controlled substances, and metal detectors or metal detector wands.

(d) Persons found with contraband listed on the Department of State Hospitals' statewide contraband list, or the specific state hospital's contraband list, must be instructed to return the contraband to their vehicle, if the person arrived in a vehicle, or to remove the contraband from the hospital grounds. Failure to comply may result in a confiscation of the item or the person may be removed from the hospital grounds for failure to comply.

(e) Persons refusing searches are not permitted within the Secured Treatment Area and patient living areas, and may be subject to removal from facility grounds.