California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole › Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs › Article 4 - Food Services › Section 3054.3 - Participation in a Vegetarian or Plant-based Diet Program

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Inmates may
				  request participation in the Vegetarian or Plant-based (PB) Diet Program by
				  submitting to any Chaplain or Religious Review Committee (RRC) designee a CDCR Form
				  3030-V (04/21), Vegetarian and Plant-based Diet Request and Agreement, which is
				  incorporated by reference.
(b) A
				  determination to approve or disapprove the request shall be made within 30 days of
				  receipt of the submitted CDCR Form 3030-V. Once a decision is made, the CDCR Form
				  3030-V shall be forwarded within three business days to the Community Resources
				  Manager. The inmate shall be notified within seven business days of the decision and
				  given a copy of their completed CDCR Form 3030-V. Inmates shall begin receiving
				  their vegetarian or PB meals within 15 calendar days upon approval.
(c) The CDCR Form 3030-V shall be approved by any
				  Chaplain or RRC designee, with the exception of inmates who have withdrawn or been
				  removed from a Religious Personal Ethical Diet program during the previous six
				  months.
(d) Inmates approved for the
				  RPED shall be provided with a CDCR Form 3030-B (Rev. 04/21), RPED Card, which is
				  incorporated by reference, or the inmate's identification card shall be affixed with
				  the institution designated marking for their approved diet. RPED cards that are no
				  longer valid shall be collected.
(e)
				  Inmate participants shall show their CDCR Form 3030-B RPED Card or inmate
				  identification card with designated marking when receiving their approved vegetarian
				  or PB meal.
(f) Inmates participating in
				  the vegetarian or PB Diet Program shall comply with all conditions listed on the
				  CDCR Form 3030-V.
(g) The RRC shall
				  determine inmate vegetarian or PB diet compliance violations.
1. New section
					 filed 4-24-2006; operative 4-24-2006 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2006, No. 17).
2. Renumbering of former section
					 3054.3 to section
					 3054.4 and new section
					 3054.3 filed 2-2-2010; operative
					 2-2-2010 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2010, No. 6).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 6-29-2016
					 as an emergency; operative 6-29-2016 (Register 2016, No. 27). Pursuant to Penal Code
					 section
					 5058.3, a
					 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-6-2016 or emergency
					 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4.
					 Certificate of Compliance as to 6-29-2016 order transmitted to OAL 11-17-2016 and
					 filed 1-3-2017 (Register 2017, No. 1).
5. Renumbering of former section
					 3054.3 to section
					 3054.4 and new section
					 3054.3 filed 10-25-2022; operative
					 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 43).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						5058, Penal Code.
						Reference: Sections
						2084,
						5009 and
						5054, Penal
						Code.
The amended version of this section by
					 Register
					 2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
					 available.