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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 12.02.09.05" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="09" heading="Contents of Medical Parole Request.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A warden shall ensure that all documents forming the basis for a medical parole request are submitted to the Parole Commission through the Division Director and the Commissioner. Upon approval, the Commissioner shall forward a recommendation for medical parole to the Parole Commissioner for consideration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To initiate consideration for a medical parole, a warden shall send a summary of an inmate's incarceration record since admission or last parole consideration to the Division Director. The summary shall include the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>History of program participation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Special housing requirements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Statement by the attending physician which includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Diagnosis,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Prognosis,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Inpatient or outpatient status, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Criteria justification; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Statement by the warden which includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A recommendation to either approve or disapprove the medical parole request,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The reasons for the recommendation, in §B(4)(a), and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>An aftercare treatment plan for the inmate.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commissioner may reject a recommendation for medical parole which has been submitted by the Director. The Commissioner's decision to deny a medical parole is final.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>