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3112 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 768
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.
(f) Upon receipt of a petition as outlined in
subsections (d) and (e), the peace officer shall take the
emergency admittee into custody and transport him,
without a warrant, to an emergency facility preferably in
the county or city of Baltimore wherever the__emergency
admittee is found at the time. Not later than six hours
after being taken into custody the emergency admittee
shall be examined, released from custody or certified by
a physician to have symptoms of a mental disorder and the
appearance of being in clear and imminent__danger of
causing grave and immediate personal harm to himself or
others. The emergency admittee shall remain in the
custody of the peace officer until he is examined and
either released or certified as set out above, and if so
certified, he shall immediately be admitted to an
emergency facility for the purpose of emergency care and
treatment. The examining physician or the peace officer
shall give notice by telephone or otherwise of the
examination, the emergency admittee's present and
potential status and whereabouts to the petitioner, if he
is not the peace officer, and to__the nearest relative
and/or interested person shown on the petition, and to
his attorney, if any. If the examining__physician finds
that the emergency admittee is not mentally disordered
and does not give the appearance of being in clear and
imminent danger of causing grave and immediate personal
harm to himself or others, the physician shall so certify
in writing on the petition, and the emergency admittee
must be released from custody forthwith, and he must be
transported to the place at which he entered into
custody, unless he requests not to be transported.
(g) Nothing herein is intended in any way to
abrogate or limit any right given in any other section of
the law.
(h) District Court judges have the authority
provided by law concerning the admission of persons to
emergency or mental health facilities.
SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections
10 and 11 of Article 59A - Mental Retardation, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Volume and 1976
Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Article 59A - Mental Retardation
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10.
(a) Any person over the age of 21 years, the
guardian of any person over the age of 21 years on behalf
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