Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3054 - Religious Personal Ethical Diet Program

(a) Each institution shall make reasonable efforts, as required by law, to accommodate those incarcerated persons who have been determined, pursuant to CCR, Title 15, section 3054.3 or 3054.6 to require a Religious Personal Ethical Diet (RPED) program meal.

(b) Each institution shall provide religious awareness and food handling training for all staff and incarcerated persons involved in supervising, ordering, preparing, and serving RPED program meals.

(c) Medical diets shall take precedence over RPEDs.

(d) RPED meals shall not be restricted from incarcerated persons based on their classification or housing placement. Incarcerated persons who are transferred to other CDCR institutions shall have the ability to continue participating in their current RPED program at the receiving institution, barring medical needs.

(e) Incarcerated persons assigned to CDCR conservation camps, or temporarily transferred, e.g., out to court or outside medical facilities, shall have their RPED meals suspended. Incarcerated persons returning from CDCR conservation camps or temporary transfer shall be reinstated to the approved RPED program at the receiving institution, barring medical needs.

(f) There shall be at least four RPED options.

(1) Vegetarian.

(2) Plant-based (PB).

(3) Religious Meat Alternate (RMA).

(4) Religious Kosher (RK).

Notes

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 15, § 3054

Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 383b, 2084, 5009 and 5054, Penal Code. In re Garcia (2012) 202 Cal.App.4th 892.

Note: Authority cited: Section 5058, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 383b, 2084, 5009 and 5054, Penal Code. In re Garcia (2012) 202 Cal.App.4th 892.

1. New section filed 12-18-91 as an emergency; operative 12-18-91 (Register 92, No. 4). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 4-16-92 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. Certificate of Compliance as to 12-18-91 order transmitted to OAL 4-15-92 and filed 5-26-92 (Register 92, No. 22).
3. Editorial correction of History Note 1 (Register 95, No. 9).
4. Renumbering of former section 3054 to new section 3056 and new section filed 9-12-95; operative 10-12-95 (Register 95, No. 37).
5. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 4-24-2006; operative 4-24-2006 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2006, No. 17).
6. Amendment of subsections (a), (c) and (e) and new subsection (e)(3) filed 2-2-2010; operative 2-2-2010 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(Register 2010, No. 6).
7. Amendment of subsections (b) and (e)(2)-(3) and amendment of 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.
8. Certificate of Compliance as to 6-29-2016 order transmitted to OAL 11-17-2016 and filed 1-3-2017 (Register 2017, No. 1).
9. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 10-25-2022; operative 1/1/2023 (Register 2022, No. 43).
10. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)-(b) and (d)-(e) filed 7-1-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 27).