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, the Executive Director shall place such inmate on the first available parole review docket for a compassionate parole recommendation.

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 July 1, 1998 (superseded document available).