SOP 101.03-att-1: Local Operating Procedure Format

Division:
Executive
Effective Date:
October 15, 2007
Reference Code:
IC01-0002
Topic Area:
101 Policy-Legal Services
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Length:
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Summary

This document provides the standardized template and formatting requirements for creating Local Operating Procedures (LOPs) at GDC facilities, centers, offices, and units. It specifies the required sections (Policy, Applicability, Related Directives, Definitions, Attachments, and Procedure) and explains what content should be included in each section. This format ensures consistency and compliance across all facility-level operating procedures.

Key Topics

  • Local Operating Procedure
  • LOP format
  • procedure template
  • facility procedures
  • document formatting
  • policy template
  • SOP structure
  • institutional procedures
  • operational procedures
  • document standards

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                                          IC01-0002
(10/15/07)    WORD 97 FORMAT FOR LOCAL OPERATING PROCEDURES ATT 1
             FA CIL ITY, CENTER, OFFICE, OR UNIT NAME

|Functional Area:
DIVISIONAL AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
(ie: Security, Programs etc.)|Reference Number:
ENTER REF. NUM.**|Revises Previous
Effective
Date:
ENTER PREV. EFF.DATE|
|---|---|---|
|`Subject:`
`ENTER LOP SUBJECT`|

|

|
|`Authority:`
`Warden/affected DEPUTY(s)`

|`Effective Date:`
`ENTER EFF. DATE`|`Page 1 of`
`ENTER TOTAL OF PAGES`|

   I. POLICY:

      A broad, but brief, statement of intent concerning this

    procedure.

II.  APPLICABILITY:

    Defines the personnel or sections within the facility,
    unit, or section to which the LOP applies. Include
    exceptions to specific procedures here and in the text of
    the procedure. Specific sections suc h as Food & Farm,
    Classification, Medical can be denoted also in this
    section.

III. RELATED DIRECTIVES:

All specific statutes, authority, codes, standards and
    other LOP's and SOP's that relate to the described
    procedure. This includes O.C.G.A., GDC and other agency
    Rules and Regulations (Policy), Executive orders, fire,
    safety, sanitation codes, C.A.C. standards, Court orders,
    other GDC SOP's (use sop number to define other
    functional areas that apply).
**  = Next to the number of the LOP, indicates the
      procedure is COURT ORDERED.

IV. DEFINITIONS:

Include any general statements and specific explanations
    for words or initials that clar ify the content of the LOP
    which could be interpreted in more than one way.

V. ATTACHMENTS:

A listing of titles and numbers (include the LOP

reference number on the attachment) that are part of the
LOP.  All forms available elsewhere, (already printed,
e.g. C orrectional Industries - P.I. form #), are to be
referenced within the text of the procedure b y form #,
and NOT included as an attachment. All forms included as
an attachment shall include a stated retention schedule

    on the form.

VI. PROCEDURE:

The method to be used, by whom, when and where and how
    to be placed in operation. Statements are instructions
    of the sequence of events necessary for implementation.

  NOTE: Signatures of the Approving Manager will appear on the
      appropriate approval or review form, as attached to
      SOP IC01-0002.  NO signature will appear on the LOP
      itself.

Attachments (6)

  1. Local Operating Procedure Format (352 words)
  2. Local Operating Procedure (LOP) Numbering System (769 words)
  3. Supplemental Guidance Request Form (175 words)
  4. Procedure Variance Request Form (192 words)
  5. Quarterly Local Operating Procedures Review (199 words)
  6. Annual Local Operating Procedures Review (173 words)
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