BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                        214 5

Article 59 - Mental Hygiene

11.

(g) With the exception of those facilities
established under Article 59 § 31 (a), any facility licensed
by or under the jurisdiction of the Department may admit for
the purposes of care or treatment, or both, any person under
the age of 18 years who has any mental disorder which is
susceptible of care or treatment and whose admission to such
facility has been requested by at least one parent or his
legal guardian. The person requesting such admission must,
as a prerequisite to the admission, be able to understand
the nature of the request. The admission request must be
formal, written and assented to by an admitting physician at
the facility. No person admitted pursuant to this
subsection may be retained for more than three days, after
the person who requested his admission requests his release,
unless his admission status is changed pursuant to § 12 of
this subtitle. No person admitted pursuant to this
subsection may be retained by a facility for any period in
excess of one year unless his admission status has been
changed after initial admission or unless at the expiration
of each one-year period of inpatient residence a new request
is executed by a parent or the legal guardian of the
patient. At those facilities established under Article 59 §
31 (a), the admission of any person under 18 years of age
shall be treated as an involuntary admission and shall be
subject to the provisions of § 12 of this article, except
that a minor who has attained the age of 16 years may
consent to admission for the purpose of diagnosis and
consultation pursuant to Article 43, § 135A. ADDITIONALLY,
THE ADMISSION OF A MINOR BY A PARENT TO A CHILD OR
ADOLESCENT UNIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIAGNOSIS AND
CONSULTATION WHICH IS ASSENTED TO BY TWO PHYSICIANS MAY BE
TREATED AS A VOLUNTARY ADMISSION FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED
20 DAYS.

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

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 730

(House Bill 1705)

AN ACT concerning

Garrett County Treasurer - Salary Increase

FOR the purpose of altering the salary of the Garrett County
Treasurer; and providing for the salary increase to
take effect beginning the next term of office.