1. (a) On the recommendation of a healthcare 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.
2. (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.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 64, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2024, c. 99, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024; Acts 2024, c. 100, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2024.

Formerly Art. 27, § 700H.