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ject to a fine of not more than $100.00 or imprisonment for not
more than ten days, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion
of the court.

Any police officer witnessing a violation of this ordinance may, as
an alternative to making an arrest, issue to the violator a "Notice
of Violation," which, in addition to factors as required by the form
of notice to be approved by the county commissioners, shall specify
the violation with which the violator is charged, and it shall set
forth the hour, date, and location that the violator is summoned to
appear before the District Court sitting for Washington County to
answer said charge.

No person shall be charged with a violation of this ordinance
unless and until the arresting officer has first warned the person
of the violation and the person has failed or refused to stop such
violation.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 28, 1971.

CHAPTER 780
(House Bill 531)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 10 (b) of
Article 43B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Supple-
ment), title "Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilita-
tion Act," to authorize the Drug Abuse Authority to extend the
right of privileged communication to additional persons, programs
and facilities which counsel or treat persons seeking counsel or
treatment for any form of drug abuse.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 10 (b) of Article 43B of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1970 Supplement), title "Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control
and Rehabilitation Act," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

10.

(b) Whenever a person shall seek counselling, treatment or ther-
apy for any form of drug abuse from a physician, psychologist, hos-
pital, or a person, program or facility authorized by the Authority
to counsel or treat any form of drug abuse, no statement, whether
oral or written, made by such person and no observation or conclu-
sion derived from such counselling, treatment or therapy made by
such physician, psychologist, hospital, person, program or facility
shall be admissible against such person in any proceeding. The facts
or results of any examination to determine the existence of illegal or
prohibited drugs in a person's body shall not be admissible in any
proceeding against such person, provided that the facts or results of