                                 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, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant 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, nurse
practitioner, or physician assistant 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; 2024, c. 193.