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28 CFR § 551.22 - Pregnancy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s551.22"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 551.22 - Pregnancy."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "551.22"
section_name: "Pregnancy."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "551"
part_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 1512, 3621, 3622, 3624, 4001, 4005, 4042, 4081, 4082 (Repealed in part as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 (Repealed as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (Repealed October 12, 1984 as to offenses committed after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; Pub. L. 99-500 (sec. 209); Attorney General's May 1, 1995 Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 38252, June 29, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "551"
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# 551.22 Pregnancy.

(a) The Warden shall ensure that each pregnant inmate is provided medical, case management, and counseling services.

(b) In order to ensure proper medical and social services, the inmate shall inform the institution medical staff as soon as she suspects she is pregnant.

(c) Medical staff shall arrange for the childbirth to take place at a hospital outside the institution.

[44 FR 38252, June 29, 1979, as amended at 59 FR 62968, Dec. 6, 1994]