# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 9. State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals

### Subtitle 3. Transfers

#### Section 9-303

The Commissioner of Correction may accept the transfer of an incarcerated individual from a local correctional facility if:

(1) the incarcerated individual requires special behavioral or medical treatment or maximum security detention;

(2) the local correctional facility is not equipped to properly provide the necessary treatment or detention; and

(3) when required by any other law, the committing court approves the transfer.

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Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)