CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERIODIC REVIEW OF PRISONER FOR PURPOSES OF RETENTION (§ 53.1-40.6)

The director of a hospital or facility shall require a review of the progress of
each prisoner admitted to such hospital or facility to be conducted at intervals
of thirty days, sixty days, and ninety days after admission of such prisoner and
every six months thereafter to determine whether such prisoner should be
retained at such hospital or facility. A record shall be kept of the findings of
each review in the hospital’s or facility’s file on such prisoner.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 873.