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Home » US Law » 2022 Maryland Statutes » Correctional Services » Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities » Subtitle 2 - Safety, Health, and Welfare of Inmates

Section 11-201 – Safekeeping of Inmates

    (a)    (1)    The sheriff of a county shall keep safely each individual committed by lawful authority to the custody of the sheriff until the individual is discharged by due course of law.         (2)    (i)    The sheriff shall receive and keep safely in a local correctional facility each individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under authority of the […]

Section 11-202 – Removal From Court on Conviction

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, when an individual is convicted in any court of the State and sentenced to imprisonment in the Division of Correction, the sheriff of the county in which the court is located shall:         (1)    remove the individual from the court as soon as possible; and         (2)    deliver the individual […]

Section 11-203 – Health and Welfare of Inmates

    (a)    (1)    The managing official of a local correctional facility shall provide to an inmate in the custody of the managing official:             (i)    food and board; and             (ii)    any article of comfort that is considered necessary for a sick inmate by the physician attending the inmate.         (2)    Except as provided in §§ 11–204 and 11–205 of this subtitle and subject […]

Section 11-204 – Expenses for Treatment in State Facilities

    A county or managing official is not responsible for payment for services or treatment rendered to an inmate as a result of admission to a State facility for individuals who have mental disorders as defined in § 10–101(i) of the Health – General Article.

Section 11-205 – Payment Rates to Health Care Provider

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.         (2)    (i)    “Health care provider” has the meaning stated in § 19–132 of the Health – General Article.             (ii)    “Health care provider” does not include a hospital regulated by the Health Services Cost Review Commission.         (3)    “Health care service” has the meaning stated in § 19–132 of the Health […]

Section 11-206 – Pregnant Inmates

    (a)    If a representation is made to the managing official of a local correctional facility that an inmate in the custody of the managing official is pregnant, the managing official may:         (1)    before the anticipated birth, have the inmate transferred from the local correctional facility to another facility that provides comfortable accommodations, maintenance, and medical care under […]