HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article - Education
6-112.

(A)   AN EMPLOYEE OF A COUNTY BOARD WHO IS ABSENT DUE TO
PHYSICAL DISABILITY THAT RESULTS FROM AN ASSAULT WHILE IN
THE SCOPE OF BOARD EMPLOYMENT SHALL BE KEPT ON FULL PAY
STATUS INSTEAD OF SICK LEAVE DURING THE PERIOD OF ABSENCE.

(B)   EACH COUNTY BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENTITLEMENT AND USE OF ASSAULT LEAVE,
INCLUDING A REQUIREMENT THAT AN EMPLOYEE PROVIDE:

(1)   A SIGNED STATEMENT THAT JUSTIFIES THE USE OF
ASSAULT LEAVE; AND

(2)   IF MEDICAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED, A
CERTIFICATE FROM A LICENSED PHYSICIAN THAT STATES THE NATURE
AND DURATION OF THE DISABILITY.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 603

(House Bill 1084)

AN ACT concerning

Mental Hygiene — Psychologists

FOR the purpose of defining certified "psychologists";
authorizing psychologists under certain circumstances
to assent to admission of any person under a certain
age to a facility licensed by or under the jurisdiction
of the Department of Mental Hygiene; authorizing
certification by a psychologist for involuntary
admission to any Veteran's Administration hospital or
facility licensed by or under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Mental Hygiene; including psychologists
within the definition of "mental disorder" as one of
those qualified to certify the existence of a mental
disorder; providing that a petitioner completing and
signing a petition for emergency admission may be
required to accompany the emergency admittee to a
psychologist; including psychologists among those
persons excluded in the procedure required for a
petition for judicial review; including psychologists
among those who may file a petition for judicial
review; including examinations by a psychologist in