This customizable document, Material Evidence, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Security Management Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Material Evidence:

	POLICY: Material evidence shall be handled by hospital staff according to the following procedure. PROCEDURE: When the hospital retrieves items that are believed to be of evidentiary value to a law enforcement investigation and it is not immediately clear which agency, if any, is going to claim the items, the following procedure will be followed: Staff shall place the items inside the evidence envelope, complete the requested information on the outside of the envelope, seal the envelope and notify the Security Department. When the Security Officer arrives, staff shall complete the chain of...
Second excerpt:
	...will be given to hospital security for safekeeping. See Legal Evidence - Chain of Custody policy. If items are too large to be placed in the envelope, they may be placed in a large plastic bag. At which point, information on the outside of the envelope is completed and the envelope is attached to the bag to serve as a receipt and chain of custody record. Notification to the Security Department is conducted in the same manner as described above. The Security Department will...