# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 02 — Division of Correction

### Chapter 23 — Serious Illness or Injury of Inmate

**Authority:** Correctional Services Article, §2-109(c), Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: May 27, 1991 (18:10 Md. R. 1117)

#### Regulation .01 Procedure.

*COMAR 12.02.23.01*

A. The institution shift commander or designee shall immediately notify the following officials when an inmate is seriously ill or injured:

  (1) Commissioner or duty officer, as appropriate;

  (2) Warden; and

  (3) Assistant warden.

B. Upon notification of serious illness or injury to an inmate, the warden or designee shall contact an inmate's next of kin and inform them of the inmate's condition.