Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1657

EMERGENCY ADMITTEE'S DETENTION UNDER THE PRO-
VISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL TERMINATE, BUT IF THE
JUDGE SHALL NOT ENDORSE THE PETITION, HE SHALL
LIKEWISE INDICATE THE FACT ON THE PETITION, AND
NO FURTHER ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN UNDER THAT
PETITION.

(E)   IF THE PETITIONER IS A PEACE OFFICER OF THE
RANK OF SERGEANT OR HIGHER OR A DULY LICENSED
PHYSICIAN, THE PETITION SHALL RECEIVE JUDICIAL
REVIEW WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS OF THE TIME
THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
THE JUDICIAL REVIEW SHALL CONSIST OF A HEARING
BEFORE ANY JUDGE OF A DISTRICT COURT OR CIRCUIT
COURT FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVIEWING THE PETITION,
INTERVIEWING THE PETITIONER AND CONSIDERING ALL
THE OTHER PERTINENT DATA, INCLUDING THE REPORT
OR FINDINGS OF THE EMERGENCY FACILITY WHERE THE
EMERGENCY ADMITTEE IS BEING DETAINED, ON THE
BASIS OF ALL OF WHICH THE COURT SHALL MAKE A FIND-
ING TO BE ENDORSED ON THE PETITION AS TO THE EX-
ISTENCE OF PROBABLE CAUSE TO DETAIN THE EMER-
GENCY ADMITTEE FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF
NINETY-SIX (96) HOURS, AT THE END OF WHICH PERIOD
THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE'S DETENTION UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE SHALL TERMINATE. IF THE
JUDGE SHALL NOT SO ENDORSE THE PETITION, HE SHALL
LIKEWISE INDICATE THE FACT ON THE PETITION, AND
NO FURTHER ACTION SHALL BE TAKEN UNDER THAT PETI-
TION AND THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE SHALL BE FORTH-
WITH RELEASED FROM CUSTODY AS HEREINAFTER SET
OUT.

(F)   UPON RECEIPT OF A PETITION AS OUTLINED IN
SUBSECTION (E), THE PEACE OFFICER SHALL TAKE THE
EMERGENCY ADMITTEE INTO CUSTODY AND TRANSPORT
HIM, WITHOUT A WARRANT, TO AN EMERGENCY FACILITY
PREFERABLY IN THE COUNTY OR CITY OF BALTIMORE
WHEREVER THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE IS FOUND AT
THE TIME. NOT LATER THAN SIX (6) HOURS AFTER BEING
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE
SHALL BE EXAMINED, RELEASED FROM CUSTODY OR
CERTIFIED BY A PHYSICIAN TO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF A
MENTAL DISORDER AND THE APPEARANCE OF BEING IN
CLEAR AND IMMINENT DANGER OF CAUSING GRAVE AND
IMMEDIATE PERSONAL HARM TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS.
THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE SHALL REMAIN IN THE
CUSTODY OF THE PEACE OFFICER UNTIL HE IS EXAMINED
AND EITHER RELEASED OR CERTIFIED AS SET OUT
ABOVE, AND IF SO CERTIFIED, HE SHALL IMMEDIATELY
BE ADMITTED TO AN EMERGENCY FACILITY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF EMERGENCY CARE AND TREATMENT. THE
EXAMINING PHYSICIAN OR THE PEACE OFFICER SHALL
GIVE NOTICE BY TELEPHONE OR OTHERWISE OF THE
EXAMINATION, THE EMERGENCY ADMITTEE'S PRESENT
AND POTENTIAL STATUS AND WHEREABOUTS TO THE
PETITIONER, IF HE IS NOT THE PEACE OFFICER AND
TO THE NEAREST RELATIVE AND/OR INTERESTED PER-