---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 549.62"
title: "28"
number: "549.62"
heading: "Initial referral."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/549.62"
---

# §549.62. Initial referral.

- (a) Staff shall refer an inmate who is observed to be on a hunger strike to medical or mental health staff for evaluation and, when appropriate, for treatment.
- (b) Medical staff ordinarily shall place the inmate in a medically appropriate locked room for close monitoring.

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 31883, June 20, 1994]

### Source

Source: 45 FR 23365, Apr. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 876b; 18 U.S.C. 3621, 3622, 3524, 4001, 4005, 4042, 4045, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), Chapter 313, 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510.

### Amendments

[59 FR 31883, June 20, 1994]