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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 12.02.16.02" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="16" heading="General Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall establish:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The number of visits which an inmate may receive;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The length of a visit; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The number of visitors authorized during one visit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall consider the following standards when establishing the procedures in §A of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Institutional schedule;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Visiting space;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Security considerations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Staff requirements; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>An inmate's institutional status.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall ensure that each warden establishes procedures governing visits to inmates in outside hospitals, institutional infirmaries, and mental health units which include provisions to ensure that:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each visit conforms with custody requirements; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Appropriate health or mental health personnel approval is obtained to confirm that the inmate is medically or mentally able to conduct the visit.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Commissioner shall ensure that each warden designates a visiting area which meets reasonable conditions for a visit to take place.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>An inmate may refuse to see a visitor.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>