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

Source Note:The provisions of this §143.55 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976.