Prisoner Health Care Standards

I. Reasonable and Medically Necessary Care

II. Conditions Requiring Treatment

III.  Non-authorized Medical Interventions/ Procedures

IV. Appeals/Denials Process

The prisoner health care standards described in these web pages provide U.S. Marshals guidance. They are not intended to, do not, and may not be relied upon to create any rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by any party or person in any matter civil or criminal. Nor are any limitations hereby placed on otherwise lawful prisoner care prerogatives of the U.S. Marshals Service.

USMS Definition: Services, supplies, equipment, or procedures provided by a hospital or licensed health care provider of health care services that the USMS determines are:

1. Appropriate to diagnose or treat the patient’s condition, illness or injury

2. Consistent with standards of good medical practice in the United States

3. Not primarily for the personal comfort or convenience of the patient, family, or provider

4. Not part of or associated with the scholastic education or vocational training of the patient

5. Not available safely on an outpatient basis (in the case of inpatient care)

6. Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration

7. Not identified herein as “not covered”