1. (a) The board will consider a written request for commutation for time out of prison on reprieve only for medical reprieves.

2. (b) A request for commutation for time out of prison on medical reprieve will be considered only if:

   1. (1) the offender has returned to the TDCJ;
   2. (2) such commutation is recommended by the medical director of the TDCJ and approved by the management of the TDCJ;
   3. (3) the calendar time under consideration for commutation is time the offender was actually confined as a resident patient (not an out-patient) in a hospital or institution designated by the TDCJ; and
   4. (4) the offender has in all things complied with the rules of the hospital or institution and the rules of the TDCJ during the emergency medical reprieve.
3. (c) Such commutation shall not exceed the actual amount of calendar time that the offender is absent from the TDCJ on emergency medical reprieve.

Source Note:The provisions of this §143.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective September 13, 2012, 37 TexReg 7191.