Section 9-606 - Medical treatment for juvenile inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 9-606. Medical treatment for juvenile inmates.
 

(a)  Scope.- This section applies to local correctional facilities and correctional facilities in the Division of Correction. 

(b)  Authorization by managing official or designee.- On the recommendation of a health care provider, the managing official of a correctional facility or the managing official's designee may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile inmate if: 

(1) in the judgment of the managing official or designee, the treatment is necessary; and 

(2) a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization. 

(c)  Liability of managing official or designee.- A managing official or designee may not be held liable for authorizing medically necessary treatment in good faith. 
 

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