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deemed to be a retained patient.

(C) THE PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OR NEXT OF KIN SHALL
BE NOTIFIED OF ANY HEARING PURSUANT TO §12(A) OR §12(B), AND
SHALL BE PERMITTED TO TESTIFY.

[(c)] (D) Any person in a facility who fails or
refuses to execute the application provided for in §§ 11(f)
and 11(g) of this subtitle, or who has not been recertified
pursuant to § 12(e) shall be released.

[(d)] (E) All determinations as to release, whether
full or conditional, including a summary of the reasons for
such determination, shall be made a permanent part of the
patient records of each patient.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

CHAPTER 406

(House Bill 1835)

AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

(Removal of Commissioners)

PG/MC 38-78

FOR the purpose of providing that in Montgomery County, the
disapproval by the County Executive of a resolution of
the County Council to remove a Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commissioner must be in writing; clarifying
procedures for removal of commissioners from Montgomery
County and from Prince George's County; and
restructuring.

BY renumbering

The Code of the Washington Suburban

Sanitary District
Section 1—1 (d) through (g), respectively
to be Section 1-1 (e) through (f), respectively
(1969 Edition, as amended)

being also

The Public Local Laws of Montgomery County

Section 86-1—1 (d) through (g), respectively

to be Section 86-1-1 (e) through (f), respectively

Article 16 — Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1972 Edition and 1975 Supplement, as amended)