(a) The board shall meet with an elderly inmate during the sixth year before the inmate's EPED for a consultation unless the inmate is entitled to an earlier consultation under another provision of law. During this consultation, the board shall provide information about the parole hearing process, legal factors relevant to their suitability or unsuitability for parole, and individualized recommendations regarding their work assignments, rehabilitative programs, and institutional behavior.

(b) An elderly inmate shall be scheduled for an elderly parole hearing within six months following the EPED unless the elderly inmate is entitled to an earlier parole hearing under another provision of law.

(c) If parole is not granted, subsequent elderly parole hearings shall be scheduled in accordance with Penal Code section 3041.5, subdivision (b), paragraph (3).

(d) No subsequent elderly parole hearing shall be necessary if the inmate is released pursuant to other statutory provisions prior to the date of the subsequent hearing.

(e) An elderly inmate sentenced to a determinate term shall not be scheduled for a subsequent parole hearing if, on the date of the hearing, they will be within one year of being released pursuant to their Earliest Possible Release Date.