Invasive Search definition
Invasive Search means any search of a visitor conducted by any DOC employee or by a visitor at the direction of any DOC employee, at a DOC facility that resulted in more than accidental or incidental exposure of, or contact with, a visitor’s breasts, genitals, or buttocks as part of the search process. An Invasive Search also includes any search of a visitor conducted by any DOC employee, or by a visitor at the direction of any DOC employee, at a DOC facility when the visitor is made to expose, remove, or display any feminine hygiene products they are wearing, including but not limited to: sanitary napkins, tampons, and other absorbent materials placed in the vicinity of a visitor’s vagina or underwear. Unless it resulted in more than the accidental or incidental exposure of, or contact with, a visitor’s breasts, genitals, or buttocks, the patting of the visitor’s clothing, examining of the visitor’s seams and pockets, touching the visitor’s skin at the shirt-sleeves and collar, and requiring that the visitor lift, raise, or adjust their clothing for visual inspection, is not by itself an Invasive Search. A search of religious headwear and religious necklaces is not by itself an Invasive Search.