Ch. 243                           MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                              615

certain institutions.]] to provide an individualized treatment plan for certain
patients and to further provide that the Commissioner of Mental Hygiene shall
issue certain rules and regulations.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new subsection (n) be and it is hereby added to Section 3 of
Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement Volume and
1972 Supplement), title "Mental Hygiene," subtitle "Short Title, Statement of
Policy and Definitions," to follow immediately after subsection (m) thereof [I; and
that new Section 22A be and it is hereby added to said Article 59 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland, title "Mental Hygiene," to follow immediately after Section 22
thereof and to be under the new subtitle "Individualized Treatment Plans"; and
that Section 19 of Article 59 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Mental
Hygiene," subtitle "Admissions, Release and Transfer," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments]], and all to read as follows:

3.

[[(N) "QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL" MEANS:

(1)  A PSYCHIATRIST; OR

(2)   A PSYCHOLOGIST WITH A DOCTORAL DEGREE FROM AN
ACCREDITED PROGRAM; OR

(3)   A SOCIAL WORKER WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM AN
ACCREDITED PROGRAM AND TWO YEARS OF CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A QUALIFIED MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; OR

(4)    A REGISTERED NURSE WITH A GRADUATE DEGREE IN
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING AND TWO YEARS OF CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A QUALIFIED MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.

INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLANS

22A.
(A)

(1)    EVERY PATIENT IN OR ADMITTED TO ANY VETERANS'
ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL OR FACILITY LICENSED BY OR
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE AN
INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLAN DEVELOPED FOR HIM BY A
TEAM OF AT LEAST TWO QUALIFIED MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH SHALL BE A
PSYCHIATRIST. THIS PLAN SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND
IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE PATIENT'S
ADMISSION, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OCCUR LATER THAN FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE
PATIENT'S ADMISSION.

(2)     THE SECRETARY OR HIS AUTHORIZED AGENT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING THAT THE TREATMENT PLANS
PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION ARE PREPARED AND INSTITUTED.