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Virginia Code › Title 53.1 › Chapter 3 › Article 7 › Section 53.1-133.01

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Any sheriff or superintendent may establish a medical treatment program for prisoners in which prisoners participate and pay towards a portion of the costs thereof. The State Board of Local and Regional Jails shall develop a model plan and promulgate regulations for such program, and shall provide assistance, if requested, to the sheriff or superintendent in the implementation of a program.

1994, c. 694 ; 2020, c. 759 .

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