Any sheriff or superintendent may establish a medical treatment program for prisoners in which prisoners participate and pay towards a portion of the costs thereof. The State Board of Local and Regional Jails shall develop a model plan and promulgate regulations for such program, and shall provide assistance, if requested, to the sheriff or superintendent in the implementation of a program.
Va. Code Ann. § 53.1-133.01
Medical treatment for prisoners
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Rector & Visitors of the University v. Mitchell (1999)
Most recently applied in Rector & Visitors of the University v. Mitchell (November 1999)
1994, c. 694; 2020, c. 759.
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