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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 620

DANGER TO HIMSELF OR TO THE SAFETY OF THE PERSON OR
PROPERTY OF OTHERS; AND (4) THE PATIENT, IF RELEASED,
WOULD BE ABLE TO CARE FOR HIMSELF PROPERLY; OR (5) THE
PATIENT, IF RELEASED, WOULD BE CARED FOR PROPERLY BY
OTHER RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WHO ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO
CARE FOR THE PATIENT. At the direction of the chief
officer of a Veterans' Administration hospital, any
patient meeting the requirements of this subsection, and
subject to the conditions of this subsection, may be
released from such hospital.

(b) At the direction of the Commissioner, his
authorized representative, or the superintendent of any
facility, (or in the case of a patient in a Veterans'
Administration hospital, at the direction of the chief
officer of that hospital), any patient not detained
pursuant to the provisions of §§ 23, 24 or 27 of this
article, may be released on a conditional basis, if in
the judgment of such official:

[ (1) The patient, if released, would be
properly cared for by himself or other responsible
persons; and

(2) The patient, if released, would not
constitute a danger to himself or to the safety of the
person or property of others.]

(1)    THE PATIENT, IF RELEASED, WOULD NOT
CONSTITUTE A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR TO THE SAFETY OF THE
PERSON OR PROPERTY OF OTHERS; AND

(2)    THE PATIENT, IF RELEASED, WOULD BE ABLE
TO CARE FOR HIMSELF PROPERLY; OR

(3)    THE PATIENT, IF RELEASED, WOULD BE CARED
FOR PROPERLY BY OTHER RESPONSIBLE PERSONS WHO ARE ABLE
AND WILLING TO CARE FOR THE PATIENT.

Conditional releases may be on any basis as to
duration, treatment or care deemed reasonable by the
official approving the release. For the purposes of §
12(e), a patient released on a conditional basis shall be
deemed to be a retained patient.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved May 15, 1975.