US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 6541.03 § 3
ACCESS TO COMMISSARY FOR OTC MEDICATIONS
To ensure appropriate use of health services resources and ensure inmates have continued access
to self-managed care for minor medical ailments and hygiene needs, institutions will have a local
procedure to provide inmates access to commissary to obtain OTC medications in each of the
below instances:
on additional days, outside of their assigned commissary day
while in restricted housing units, including, but not limited to Special Housing Unit (SHU),
Special Confinement Unit (SCU), Secure Mental Health Unit (SMHU), temporary or
modified lockdown, etc.
those with mental health conditions where a medical provider may establish more limited
access to items and/or quantities for inmate safety (e.g., history of intentional overdose,
enrolled in special mental health programming, etc.)
History
PS 6541.03 dated 2026-03-19
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
- Content hash
4d507b56f768fa32f11963e6fe8eb3a4e7007987783142a9d5353c8d151b2f2a
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