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

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(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.

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

                    
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