CODE OF VIRGINIA

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF PRISONER; ABILITY TO WORK (§ 53.1-33)

Each person received by the Department shall be examined by a licensed physician
upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment in food services,
medical services, or cosmetological services or a change in work assignment, and
at such other times thereafter as may be deemed necessary. The work that a
prisoner is required to do shall be dependent upon the report of the physician
as to his physical and mental capacity.The warden, in consultation with the
physician, may exclude prisoners, on a case-by-case basis, from work assignments
based upon the classification of the institution and the safety and good order
of the institution. Special consideration should be used in assigning any inmate
with an infectious disease to assignments in food services, medical services,
and cosmetological services.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-47; 1970, c. 630; 1979, c. 700; 1982, c. 636; 2007, c.
591.