Can’t Walk Through a Metal Detector? How to Get a Medical Exception for Visiting Two Rivers

This applies to you if you want to visit someone at Two Rivers but can't safely go through a metal detector due to a medical condition. Staff can't simply take your word for it - Oregon DOC requires physician documentation. Your doctor must complete the Oregon DOC Metal Detector Medical Exception Form so the facility can process you through an alternative screening method.

The medical exception form is just one item on your visit prep list, not the whole thing. The DOC visiting checklist covers other basics: identification, appropriate clothing, quarters, emergency medications, photos to share, and approved infant items if applicable. If the metal detector exception applies to you, add that completed form to your checklist.

Here's what you need to do: talk with your doctor and have them complete the Oregon DOC Metal Detector Medical Exception Form. This isn't a Two Rivers-specific document - it's a standard Oregon DOC form used across all DOC facilities. That means the same paperwork follows you if you visit other Oregon DOC institutions.

1. Get the Oregon DOC Metal Detector Medical Exception Form - This is the form your physician must fill out for a medical exception.
2. Make an appointment (or bring it to your next visit) with your doctor - Tell them you’re requesting documentation because you can’t safely go through a metal detector.
3. Have your physician complete the form - The form needs to be completed by the doctor, not by you.
4. Keep the completed form ready for your visit - You’ll want it available when you go to Two Rivers so you can show it during the check-in/screening process.

Since this is a general Oregon DOC form, the instructions direct you back to the specific facility for submission details. The form doesn't go to a central office automatically - Two Rivers is the place to ask exactly how they want to receive it.

• ✓ Call Two Rivers Correctional Institution and ask how they want you to submit the completed Metal Detector Medical Exception Form
• ✓ Confirm who it should be addressed to (or which department handles visiting-related paperwork)
• ✓ Ask whether they prefer you submit it ahead of time, bring it with you, or both

Day of Visit Expectations

• ✓ Completed Metal Detector Medical Exception Form (if applicable)
• ✓ Identification
• ✓ Appropriate clothing
• ✓ Quarters
• ✓ Emergency medications
• ✓ Photos to share
• ✓ Approved items for your infant (if applicable)

Arrive early so you have time to sort out screening without feeling rushed. If there's any confusion at check-in about your medical exception, ask to speak with visiting staff and follow their direction. Contacting Two Rivers ahead of time about how they want the form submitted can prevent last-minute surprises.