366                               LAWS OF MARYLAND                        [CH. 202

after-care in another state would be in the best interest of the patient
and would not jeopardize the public safety, they shall request the
appropriate authorities in the receiving state to investigate the
desirability of affording the patient such after-care in said receiving
state, and such investigation shall be made with all reasonable speed.
The request for investigation shall be accompanied by complete in-
formation concerning the patient's intended place of residence and
the identity of the person in whose charge it is proposed to place the
patient, the complete medical history of the patient, and such other
documents as may be pertinent.

(b)  If the medical or other appropriate clinical authorities having
responsibility for the care and treatment of the patient in the sending
state and the appropriate authorities in the receiving state find that
the best interest of the patient would be served thereby, and if the
public safety would not be jeopardized thereby, the patient may re-
ceive after-care or supervision in the receiving state.

(c)  In supervising, treating, or caring for a patient on after-care
pursuant to the terms of this article, a receiving state shall employ
the same standards of visitation, examination, care, and treatment
that it employs for similar local patients.

Article V
325.

"Whenever a dangerous or potentially dangerous patient escapes
from an institution in any party state, that state shall promptly notify
all appropriate authorities within and without the jurisdiction of the
escape in a manner reasonably calculated to facilitate the speedy
apprehension of the escapee. Immediately upon the apprehension
and identification of any such dangerous or potentially dangerous
patient, he shall be detailed DETAINED in the state where found
pending disposition in accordance with law.

Article VI

"The duly accredited officers of any state party to this compact,
upon the establishment of their authority and the identity of the
patient shall be permitted to transport any patient being moved
pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this
compact, without interference.

Article VII
327.

"(a) No person shall be deemed a patient of more than one
institution at any given time. Completion of transfer of any patient
to an institution in a receiving state shall have the effect of making
the person a patient of the institution in the receiving state.

(b) The sending state shall pay all costs of and incidental to
the transportation of any patient pursuant to this compact, but any
two or more party states may, by making a specific agreement for
that purpose, arrange for a different allocation of costs as among
themselves.