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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60917</law_id><section_number>53.1-36</section_number><catch_line>Prisoners may assist in medical research programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">State Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Treatment and Privileges of Prisoners</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Subject to the provisions of Chapter 5.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/32.1-162.16/">32.1-162.16</a> et seq.) of Title 32.1, the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> may permit such prisoners as may volunteer to undergo experimental treatment or tests in state or federal medical research programs.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 53-57.1; 1962, c. 48; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 603.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
