1. A medical committee shall be formed by a Cabinet resolution based on the proposal of the Minister after coordination with the concerned authorities, to study the cases of inmates suffering from mental diseases or diseases that threaten their lives or the lives of others or completely incapacitate them, in order to recommend their release on health grounds or not, and the Public Prosecution shall be notified of the Committee's recommendation. 2. The health release of the inmate shall be made by a decision of the Public Prosecutor, and the Ministry shall be notified thereof. 3. The Public Prosecutor shall deport the released prisoner on health grounds against whom a judgment has been issued for deportation before the end of the sentence. 4. The Public Prosecutor may, by decision, deport a prisoner who has been released on health grounds if he is a foreigner, before the end of the sentence. 5. The inmate released on health grounds, who is not deported, shall remain under electronic surveillance and undergoes a periodic medical examination by the health establishment specified in the release decision, to submit a medical report on the medical condition in preparation for cancelling the health release order, if necessary. 6. When the medical condition that has entailed the release of the inmate disappears before the end of the sentence imposed on him, the matter shall be presented to the Public Prosecutor to decide to return the inmate to the penal and correctional institution to complete the remainder of the sentence. 7. The period of time that the inmate released on health grounds spends outside the penal and correctional institution shall be counted as part of the sentence. 8. The Executive Regulation of this Decree Law shall determine the special procedures to implement the provisions of this Article.
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