§ 5-406
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§5–406.
(a)On the recommendation of a health care provider, the facility administrator of the Youth Detention Center and the facility administrator’s designees may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile incarcerated individual when in the judgment of the facility administrator or a designee the treatment is required and a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization.
(b)The facility administrator or the facility administrator’s designees may not be held liable for authorizing medical treatment under this section in good faith.