NC 15A-1369.3. - NC 15A-1369.3.

§ 15A-1369.3. Procedure for medical release. (a) The Commission shall consider an inmate for medical release upon referral by the Division. The Division may base its referral upon either a request or petition for release filed by the inmate, the inmate's attorney, or the inmate's next of kin or upon a recommendation from within the Division. (b) The referral shall include an assessment of the inmate's medical and psychosocial condition and the risk the inmate poses to society, as follows: (1) The Division medical director, or a designee of the director who is a licensed physician, shall review the case of each inmate who meets the eligibility requirements for medical release set forth in G.S. 15A-1369.2. Any physician who examines an inmate being considered for medical release shall prepar...