1. A. The Director of the Department of Corrections shall have the authority to request the Executive Director of the Pardon and Parole Board to place an inmate on the Pardon and Parole Board docket for a medical reason, out of the normal processing procedures. Documentation of the medical condition of such inmate shall be certified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections. The Pardon and Parole Board shall have the authority to bring any such inmate before the Board at any time, except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section.

2. B. When a request is made for a medical parole review of an inmate who is dying or is near death as certified by the medical director of the Department of Corrections or whose medical condition has rendered the inmate no longer a threat to public safety, the Executive Director shall place such inmate on the first available parole review docket for a compassionate parole consideration. Inmates who meet the criteria set out in this section are not subject to the two-stage hearing process in subsection C of Section 332.7 of this title.

   The provisions of this section shall not apply to inmates serving a sentence of life without possibility of parole.

Laws 1989, HB 1541, c. 306, § 6, emerg. eff. May 25, 1989; Amended by Laws 1998, SB 1139, c. 341, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 756, c. 204, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (repealed by Laws 2002, HB 2924, c. 22, § 34, emerg. eff. March 8, 2002); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 796, c. 412, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (repealed by Laws 2002, HB 2924, c. 22, § 34, emerg. eff. March 8, 2002); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 397, c. 437, § 39, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, HB 2924, c. 22, § 18, emerg. eff. March 8, 2002 (superseded document available).