# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 6. Miscellaneous

#### Section 9-606

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

(b) 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 incarcerated individual 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) A managing official or designee may not be held liable for authorizing medically necessary treatment in good faith.

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