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38 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 23
Authority.
BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,
Article 43B - Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control
and Rehabilitation Act
Section 9(b)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 9(b) (5) of Article 43B -
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control and Rehabilitation Act,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement
Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Article 43B — Comprehensive Drug Abuse Control
and Rehabilitation Act
9.
(b) (5) Upon the appearance of the alleged drug
addict the court shall provide such alleged addict with a
copy of any paper not yet served upon him and shall
explain that, if the court finds reasonable grounds to
believe that such person is a drug addict, it shall order
him to undergo a medical examination at a facility
designated by the Authority. The court shall then
advise the alleged drug addict that if such medical
examination is ordered he shall appear before the court
after such examination as provided in subparagraph (iii)
of subsection (b) (6) of this section, and, if the
petition and the report of medical examination set forth
reasonable grounds to believe that he is a drug addict,
he may thereafter be certified to the care and custody of
the [commission] AUTHORITY pursuant to subsection (e) of
this section, and that he shall have a right to a hearing
prior to such certification. If the alleged drug addict
appears without counsel, the court shall advise him that
he has the right to the aid of counsel at every stage of
the proceedings and that if he desires the aid of counsel
and is financially unable to obtain counsel, then counsel
shall be assigned. The court shall allow the alleged
drug addict a reasonable time to send for counsel and
shall adjourn the proceedings for that purpose. The
court shall inform the alleged addict, if he is being
held in custody, that he is entitled to communicate free
of charge by letter or telephone, in order to obtain
counsel and in order to inform a relative or friend of
the proceeding. If the alleged drug addict does not
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