53.1-33 - Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-33. Physical examination of prisoner; ability to work.

Each person received by the Department shall be examined by a licensedphysician upon his arrival, within 30 days prior to any work assignment infood services, medical services, or cosmetological services or a change inwork assignment, and at such other times thereafter as may be deemednecessary. The work that a prisoner is required to do shall be dependent uponthe report of the physician as to his physical and mental capacity.

The warden, in consultation with the physician, may exclude prisoners, on acase-by-case basis, from work assignments based upon the classification ofthe institution and the safety and good order of the institution. Specialconsideration should be used in assigning any inmate with an infectiousdisease to assignments in food services, medical services, and cosmetologicalservices.

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