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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 6. Criminal Justice And Corrections
Agency 15. State Board of Local and Regional Jails
Chapter 40. Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups
11/23/2024

6VAC15-40-410. Inmate medical records.

The medical record for each inmate shall be kept separate from other facility records and shall include the following:

1. The completed screening form; and

2. All findings, diagnoses, treatment, dispositions, prescriptions, and administration of medication.

Statutory Authority

§§ 53.1-5, 53.1-68, and 53.1-131 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR230-30-001 § 4.19, eff. April 1, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 9, eff. April 1, 1988; Volume 7, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1991; Volume 9, Issue 12, eff. May 1, 1993; Volume 11, Issue 21, eff. August 10, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 20, eff. July 17, 2002; Volume 29, Issue 4, eff. November 22, 2012.

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