{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.18","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-332.18","heading":"Placement on Board docket for medical reason","body":"\n\nA. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall have the\n\nauthority to request the Executive Director of the Pardon and Parole\n\nBoard to place an inmate on the Pardon and Parole Board docket for a\n\nmedical reason, out of the normal processing procedures.\n\nDocumentation of the medical condition of such inmate shall be\n\ncertified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections.\n\nThe Pardon and Parole Board shall have the authority to bring any\n\nsuch inmate before the Board at any time, except as otherwise\n\nprovided in subsection B of this section.\n\nB. When a request is made for a medical parole review of an\n\ninmate who is dying or is near death or is medically frail or is\n\nmedically vulnerable as defined in subsection F of this section as\n\ncertified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections\n\nor whose medical condition has rendered the inmate no longer an\n\nunreasonable threat to public safety, the Executive Director shall\n\nplace such inmate on the first available parole review docket for a\n\ncompassionate parole consideration. Inmates who meet the criteria\n\nset out in this section are not subject to the two-stage hearing\n\nprocess in subsection D of Section 332.7 of this title.\n\nC. No person shall be eligible for consideration for medical\n\nparole without the concurrence of at least three members of the\n\nPardon and Parole Board. The vote on whether or not to consider\n\nsuch person for parole and the names of the concurring Board members\n\nshall be set forth in the written minutes of the meeting of the\n\nBoard at which the issue is considered.\n\nD. In the event that it is determined that the continuation of\n\nthe medical parole presents an increased risk to the public, the\n\nparolee shall be subject to parole revocation. In such case, the\n\nDepartment of Corrections shall follow the revocation procedure for\n\nviolators of parole set forth in Section 516 of this title.\n\nE. The provisions of this section shall not apply to inmates\n\nserving a sentence of life without possibility of parole.\n\nF. As used in this section:\n\n1. \"Medically frail\" means an individual with a medical\n\ncondition which precludes the individual from performing two or more\n\nactivities of daily living on their own;\n\n2. \"Medically vulnerable\" means an individual with one or more\n\nmedical conditions which makes the individual more likely to\n\ncontract an illness or disease while incarcerated that could lead to\n\ndeath or cause an individual to become medically frail. The\n\nprovisions of this subsection shall only apply during a catastrophic\n\nhealth emergency as declared by the Governor of this state pursuant\n\nto the provisions of Section 6403 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes;\n\n3. \"Medical condition\" includes, but is not limited to,\n\ndebilitating health conditions occurring as a result of the\n\nfollowing:\n\na. disabling mental disorders including dementia,\n\nAlzheimer's disease or similar degenerative brain\n\ndisorders,\n\nb. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired Immune\n\nDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS),\n\nc. cancer,\n\nd. cardiovascular disease,\n\ne. chronic lung disease or asthma,\n\nf. diabetes,\n\ng. hepatitis C,\n\nh. seizure disorders,\n\ni. inmates receiving life sustaining care such as feeding\n\ntubes or colostomy bags,\n\nj. disabling neurological disorders such as multiple\n\nsclerosis (MS) or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),\n\nor\n\nk. any other condition related to a weakened immune\n\nsystem or condition that requires or is expected to\n\nrequire specialty care or recurrent hospitalizations;\n\n4. \"Activities of daily living\" means basic personal care and\n\neveryday activities including tasks such as eating, toileting,\n\ngrooming, dressing, bathing and transferring from one physical\n\nposition to another including moving from a reclining position to a\n\nsitting or standing position, that a person cannot perform on his or\nis expected to\n\nrequire specialty care or recurrent hospitalizations;\n\n4. \"Activities of daily living\" means basic personal care and\n\neveryday activities including tasks such as eating, toileting,\n\ngrooming, dressing, bathing and transferring from one physical\n\nposition to another including moving from a reclining position to a\n\nsitting or standing position, that a person cannot perform on his or\n\nher own; and\n\n5. \"Dying\" or \"near death\" means an individual with a medical\n\ncondition and who has an estimated life expectancy of six (6) months\n\nor less.\n\nG. Victim notification shall be provided as provided in Section\n\n332.2 of this title and as required by Article 2, Section 34 of the\n\nOklahoma Constitution.","path":["OK Code","Title 57"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os57.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c22b67098ab49312cc6a77f51edbb0e74299ea2826b5c324245411bbb14797cf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.16v2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-57-57-332.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}