Bill Text: VA HB479 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Prisoner; physical examination by licensed nurse practitioner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-28 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0193) [HB479 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB479-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §53.1-33 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§53.1-33. Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work.
Each person received by the Department shall be examined by a
licensed physician [ or , ] 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
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.
