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.

II. CONDITIONS REQUIRING TREATMENT

USMS Definition:

1. Emergency and life-threatening/limb-threatening/hearing-threatening/sight- threatening conditions

2. Accidental or traumatic injuries incurred while in the custody of the USMS

3. Acute illnesses

4. Chronic conditions which are considered life-threatening or, if untreated during the period of USMS custody, would likely lead to a significant loss of function or death

5. Any other medical condition which the evaluating physician believes (if left untreated during the period of USMS custody) will cause deterioration of the prisoner’s health or uncontrolled suffering.