US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 6311.04 § 2
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. The expected results of this program
are:
a. Plastic surgery will be performed on an inmate only when
it is a component of a presently medically necessary standard of
treatment or necessary for the good order and security of the
institution.
b. Any changes in an inmate's appearance that results from
plastic surgery will be photographed and otherwise documented in
appropriate files.
History
PS 6311.04 dated 1996-04-25
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
1e70d636a67691ba6326048da6f8a6ed3c7bb026d606ee0fd64d7ad4f3fb8522
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