HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1259

CHAPTER 306

(Senate Bill 216)

AN ACT concerning

Alcohol Abuse Facilities - Certification

FOR the purpose of requiring an alcohol abuse facility to be
licensed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
before the facility may operate in this State; providing
certain exceptions; clarifying the hospitals and alcoholism
treatment programs that are subject to the provisions of
this Act; exempting certain transitional housing programs
from the application of this Act; requiring the Department
to adopt certain regulations for certifying alcohol abuse
facilities; providing for a certain exemption except under
certain circumstances; and generally relating to the
certification of alcohol abuse facilities in this State.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health - General

Section 8-411

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - General

8-411.

(a)  In this section, "alcohol abuse facility":

(1)  Means any facility that provides treatment, care,
and rehabilitation for individuals who show the effects of
alcohol abuse or alcoholism; and

(2)  Includes a facility that is owned or operated by
this State or any of its political subdivisions.

(b)  This section does not apply to:

(1) The office of a physician who is treating
patients within the scope of the physician's practice;

[(2) An accredited hospital, as defined in § 19-301
of this article;]

[(3)] (2) Alcoholics Anonymous, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING
PROGRAMS, or other similar organizations, if the organization