GroundRules
28 CFR 549.61: Definition.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 28—Judicial Administration
- CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
- SUBCHAPTER C—INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT
- PART 549—MEDICAL SERVICES
- Subpart E—Hunger Strikes, Inmate
As defined in this rule, an inmate is on a hunger strike:
(a) When he or she communicates that fact to staff and is observed by staff to be refraining from eating for a period of time, ordinarily in excess of 72 hours; or
(b) When staff observe the inmate to be refraining from eating for a period in excess of 72 hours. When staff consider it prudent to do so, a referral for medical evaluation may be made without waiting 72 hours.
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