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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="4-210" title_number="4" title_name="Patuxent Institution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On the recommendation of a health care provider, the Director or Director’s designee may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile incarcerated individual when:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in the judgment of the Director or designee, the treatment is necessary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Director or Director’s designee may not be held liable for authorizing in good faith medically necessary treatment under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
