Section 5-406 - Authorization for medical treatment for juvenile inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-406. Authorization for medical treatment for juvenile inmates.
 

(a)  In general.- On the recommendation of a health care provider, the warden of the Baltimore City Detention Center and the warden's designees may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile inmate when in the judgment of the warden or a designee the treatment is required and a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization. 

(b)  No liability.- The warden or the warden's designees may not be held liable for authorizing medical treatment under this section in good faith. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 700H; 1999, ch. 54, § 2; ch. 64.]