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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
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to furnish in the petition the names and addresses of the
spouse, children, parents, or relatives of the emergency
admittee, or any person known to be interested in the
emergency admittee. The peace officer with whom the
petition is filed, unless he, himself, is the petitioner,
shall explain to every petitioner the serious nature of
the petition and the meaning and content of the petition
shall be explained to any petitioner who cannot read.
(d) If the petitioner is anyone other than a peace
officer of the rank of sergeant__or higher or a duly
licensed physician, then the petition accompanied by the
petitioner shall be presented to a judge of the District
Court or of the circuit court for an immediate review and
determination by such judge as to whether there is
probable cause to believe that the emergency admittee has
the symptoms of a mental disorder and appears to be in
clear and imminent danger of causing grave and immediate
personal harm to himself or others. If the judge shall
make such findings, he shall endorse the petition by
affixing his signature thereto after which the emergency
admittee may be detained for a period of 96 hours at the
end of which period the emergency admittee's detention
under the provisions of this section shall terminate, but
if the judge shall not endorse the petition, he shall
likewise indicate the fact on the petition, and no
further action shall be taken under that petition. IF THE
COURT FINDS THAT A PETITION FOR EMERGENCY ADMISSION UNDER
THIS SECTION FALLS WITHIN THE COVERAGE OF § 13-709 OF THE
ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE, IT SHALL TREAT THE PETITION
AS IF IT WERE A PETITION FOR AN ORDER FOR EMERGENCY
PROTECTIVE SERVICES UNDER THAT SECTION AND SHALL CONDUCT
THE PROCEEDINGS AND MAKE FINDINGS IN ACCORDANCE, WITH THAT
SECTION.
(e) If the petitioner is a peace officer of the
rank of sergeant or higher or a duly licensed physician,
the petition shall receive judicial review within
twenty—four (24) hours of the time the emergency admittee
was taken into custody. The judicial review shall
consist of a hearing before any judge of a District Court
or circuit court for the purpose of reviewing the
petition, interviewing the petitioner and considering all
the other pertinent data, including the report or
findings of the emergency facility where the emergency
admittee is being detained, on the basis of all of which
the court shall make a finding to be endorsed on the
petition as to the existence of probable cause to detain
the emergency admittee for an additional period of
ninety-six (96) hours, at the end of which period the
emergency admittee's detention under the provisions of
this subtitle shall terminate. If the judge shall not
so endorse the petition, he shall likewise indicate the
fact on the petition, and no further action shall be
taken under that petition and the emergency admittee
shall be forthwith released from custody as hereinafter
set out. IF THE COURT FINDS THAT A PETITION FOR
EMERGENCY ADMISSION UNDER THIS SECTION FAILS WITHIN THE
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