MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                      1089

(b)  The official in charge of a jail or other facility for the deten-
tion of adult offenders or persons charged with crime shall inform
the court immediately when a child, who is or appears to be under
the age of 18 years, is received at the facility, and shall deliver
him to the court upon request or transfer him to the detention fa-
cility designated by the court.

(c)   When a case is transferred to another court for criminal
prosecution, the child shall promptly be transferred to the appropri-
ate officer or detention facility in accordance with the law governing
the detention of such person charged with crime.

(d)  A child alleged to be in need of supervision shall not be detained
in a jail or other facility intended or used for the detention of adults
charged with criminal offense or for children ADJUDICATED OR
alleged to be delinquent unless (1) adequate facilities have not been
established, and (2) it appears to the satisfaction of the court or other
person designated by the court that public safety and protection
reasonably require such detention. No child shall ever be confined
in a jail or other facility for the detention of adults, unless in a
room or ward entirely separated from adults. After January 1, 1972,
no child alleged to be in need of supervision shall ever be detained
in a jail or other facility for the detention of adults or in a facility
to which children alleged or adjudicated delinquent have been de-
tained or committed.

(e)  A child alleged to be neglected or dependent shall never be
placed in detention, but only in shelter care facilities maintained
by the Department of Social Services OR ANY AGENCY LICENSED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

(f)  A child alleged to be mentally handicapped shall never be
placed in detention, but only in shelter care facilities maintained by
the Department of Mental Hygiene OR ANY AGENCY LICENSED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE.

70-18.

(a)  When a child is delivered to the court or a place of detention
or shelter care designated by the court, the intake consultant or
other person authorized by the court shall immediately review the
need for detention or shelter care and release the child unless it
appears that his detention or care is required under the provisions
of Section 70-11.

(b) If he is not released, a petition shall be filed forthwith without
further inquiry. A hearing shall be held promptly, as prescribed
by the Maryland Rules, to determine if his detention or shelter care
is required under the provisions of Section 70-11. Reasonable notice
thereof, either oral or written, stating the time, place, and purpose
of the hearing shall be given to the child and, if they can be found,
to his parents, guardian, or custodian.

70-14.

(a) After a petition has been filed, and at such time as the court
MAY directs, a study and report to the court in writing shall be made
by a probation officer or a qualified agency designated by the court,
concerning the child, his family, his environment, and other matters
relevant to the disposition of the case.