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     243.251 Posttraumatic stress disorder. 

    (a) "Veteran" means a person who served in the United 
 States armed forces in a combat zone.  "Civilian medical staff" 
 means a nurse or other person with medical training who provided 
 medical care and assistance in a combat zone to members of the 
 United States armed forces.  

    (b) When an inmate who is a veteran or served as a civilian 
 medical staff person is confined in an adult correctional 
 institution under the control of the commissioner of 
 corrections, the chief executive officer shall require the 
 director of inmate classification to determine if the inmate's 
 military duty or civilian medical service was unusually 
 stressful.  If the director determines that the inmate's 
 military duty or civilian medical service was unusually 
 stressful, the director shall consider that fact in developing a 
 corrections plan for the inmate. 

    HIST: 1989 c 124 s 1 

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