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  Prisoner Health Care Standards

 

I. Reasonable and Medically Necessary Care

II. Conditions Requiring Treatment

III.  Non-authorized Medical Interventions/ Procedures

A. Allergy/Clinical Immunology

B. Cardiology

C. Dental/Oral Surgery

D. Digestive System

E. Ear, Nose and Throat

F. Endocrinology

G. Genital System (Male)

H. Hearing

I. Hemic and Lymphatic System

J. Integumentary System (Skin, Subcutaneous and Areolar Tissue, Breast) 

K. Nervous System

L. Obstetrics/ Gynecology 

M. Orthopedics/ Rehabilitation

N. Psychology/ Psychiatry

O. Urinary System

P. Vision 

Q. Surgery

R. Prostheses

S. General Medicine/ Laboratory 

T. Radiology 

U. Pharmacy

V. Investigational (Experimental) Drugs, Devices and Procedures

W. Other

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.


 
III. NON-AUTHORIZED MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS/PROCEDURES

The following medical interventions and procedures are not authorized for payment by the USMS, unless ordered by the court:

A. ALLERGY/CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY - NOT COVERED

Allergy testing and treatment

Medical conference services for allergy

Professional services for allergen immunotherapy

Provocative test

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