[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 28, Volume 2]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 28CFR549.61]



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                    TITLE 28--JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

           CHAPTER V--BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

PART 549_MEDICAL SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart E_Hunger Strikes, Inmate

 

Sec. 549.61  Definition.



    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.